Dick Cheney, torture and teshuvah

Published on August 31, 2011

According to press reports, Dick Cheney’s memoir, set to be released this week, is one long exercise is not regretting any decision he made while serving as Vice-President of the United States. This is a shame. The first step in teshuvah, repentance, is recognizing the wrongs that one has committed. Cheney, rather, articulates his continued support for interrogation tactics, including waterboarding, extremes of heat and cold, sleep deprivation, long-term isolation, sensory deprivation and stress positions. It’s clear he will continue to defend his authorization of such torture and has no remorse for the criminal acts of torture he authorized. Cheney could have helped in the effort to repair the harms caused by torturing prisoners by expressing some regret for his actions. He has not.

Cheney: I wanted to bomb Syrian reactor in 2007

Published on August 25, 2011

Dick Cheney urged former President George W. Bush to bomb Syria, according to the former Vice President's new memoir.

Barack Obama Is a Traitor

By Marty Kaplan
Published on December 14, 2009

Barack Obama is a traitor.

That’s what Dick Cheney said. Too bad Tiger Woods stepped on the story.

Cheney talks Iran in Israel; U.S. strike seen as remote

By Leslie Susser
Published on March 27, 2008

With U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Israel this week talking about Iran, the big question was whether President Bush would be willing to use military force in the waning days of his presidency to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Libby, Judaism and the Leak Probe

By Ron Kampeas
Published on November 10, 2005

When Joshua Muravchik, perhaps the pre-eminent expert on the interventionist foreign policy that has become known as neo-conservatism, was looking for non-Jewish neo-cons to prove that the movement isn't pervasively Jewish, he naturally included Lewis Libby.

Deconstructing Cheney

By Sharon Samber
Published on July 27, 2000

On domestic issues, Dick Cheney's record could prove troublesome for some Jews. Critics cite his staunch opposition to abortion rights, gun-control measures and gay service in the military.