So Dick Cheney, a man we've all grown to fear, raised the ante on Fox News Sunday when he admitted that in the waning days of the Bush Administration that he was pushing for a military strike on Iran's nuclear program.

I'll argue Iran is probably the most American country in the Middle East (aside from its government).  Iranians realize they've got their own problems, they don't like other people meddling in said issues, and they're willing to take on the whole world in pursuit of what they think is right.  Not saying I'm a fan of a nuclear-powered Iran, but let's face it, if we were in their shoes (large military force on two borders) we'd probably be a bit skiddish, too.  

 All that aside, Dick Cheney, an advocate for war if ever there was one, architect of the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan, not to mention the countless ones that we're all just finding out about, never served in the military.  He's old.  Born in 1941.  He was eligible for the draft in Vietnam and received five draft deferments, most for college which took him six years to complete due to sub-par academic performance.  Odd that a man who so firmly believes war as a solution, never actually experienced it.  

 At a glance, it looks like Dick Cheney has been in the DC area working in politics since 1977 or so, meaning that he may have been diagnosed with Potomac Fever, the disease Harry Truman warned about when an American politican loses touch with reality and thinks he's no longer an American citizen, but an American institution. 

He's called to have the interrogation reports derived from waterboarding that prove the tactic helped save lives.  It probably did.  Really.  But it still doesn't make him any less of a career backseat driver.  The man never spoke up that much when he was in office, instead he was content to let Bush take every hit, and now, he's jeering from the sidelines as Obama makes the calls.  So let the reports get released, it won't vindicate your existence,  Mr. Cheney.   It won't.  Really.