Flip the Switch...

Robot Dick Cheney's switch was turned to attack mode yesterday as he responded to a phrase in Senator John Kerry's acceptance speech, "A 'sensitive war' will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans...America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive..."

Clearly our Vice-President doesn't fully grasp the definition of the word "sensitive".

So I looked it up for him and here is what the dictionary had to say,

sen·si·tive (sen'si-tiv)adj.- Reacting readily to external agents or forces.

I guess Dick Cheney doesn't want us to react readily to terrorsim, maybe that's why we went to war with Iraq?? Just a thought.....


UPDATE: Here's a quote from George W. Bush on 3/4/01...

"We help fulfill that promise not by lecturing the world, but by leading it. Precisely because America is powerful, we must be sensitive about expressing our power and influence. Our goal is to patiently build the momentum of freedom, not create resentment for America itself. We pursue our goals, we will listen to others. We want strong friends to join us, not weak neighbors to dominate. In all our dealings with other nations, we will display the modesty of true confidence and strength."

Here's a quote from Donald Rumsfeld on 2/5/03,

"we have to be sensitive, to the extent the world thinks the United States is focused on the problems in Iraq, it's conceivable that someone could make a mistake and believe that that's an opportunity for them to take an action which they otherwise would have avoided."

Here's a quote from Donald on 7/9/03

He said U.S. commanders are "sensitive to the importance of troops knowing what the rotation plan will be so they have some degree of certainty in their lives. And [they] are sensitive to the importance of the quality of their lives."

Here's a quote from Richard Meyers on 1/7/03

He said "We are, I think, very culturally sensitive." On 1/7/03, Myers touted the Army's ability to be "sensitive." He said "we can ask of our troops to go out there and be, on the one hand, very sensitive to cultural issues, on the other hand, be ready to respond in self-defense to a very ticklish situation, all at the same time."

Here's a quote from John Ashcroft on 4/28/03.

Just a month after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ashcroft said, "The United States is very sensitive about interfering in the internal politics of other countries."

On 3/20/02, he said the Justice Department was making sure to be "sensitive" in hunting down terrorists. He said, "The agents and officers who conducted the interviews did so in a sensitive manner, showing full respect for the rights and dignity of the individuals being interviewed."


Their hypocrisy truly knows no limits.....