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Dick Cheney, The Original Trump . . . Farewell to a War Criminal and Gangster for Capitalism (G&R 436)
Arch-war criminal and former Vice-President Dick Cheney has died. A consummate DC insider who was White House Chief-of-Staff, Defense Secretary, CEO of Halliburton, and Vice President, he shaped and reshaped the GOP and the conservative movement. Responsible for the Global War on Terror and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he promoted the invasion of Iraq based on blatant lies. Brown University estimated over 4.5 million people died in the post-9/11 forever wars.
He also changed government policy on "enhanced interrogation" (i.e. torture) and mass surveillance. And despite his redemption by…
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