Obama adviser: Cheney doesn't know DICK about national security

So Dick Cheney doesn't know his ass from his elbow when it comes to national security. Not that I couldn't have told you that, but earlier today it was suggested by one of Obama's top national security advisers in an interview with Candy Crowley on CNN's State of the Union.

When asked about Cheney's criticism of the way the Obama administration has fought terrorism, national security adviser James Jones replied, “Well, you know, if it’s informed, then that’s one thing," adding, "“It’s important that people understand that we have a sitting vice president [Joe Biden] who’s very much involved in the day-to-day operations of our national security. He’s a member of the national security council. He has access to all of the information.”

When asked if Jones, a retired Marine, considered Cheney to be informed on terrorism he replied, “I don’t know what his information is. I just would ask people to consider the fact that these are very serious issues for our country and that when you take them on, you take them on in a respectful way. We consult and share with both sides equally of the political spectrum and we’ll continue to do that. In the national security council, we can’t do it any other way."

Cheney has levied countless attacks aimed at the president and his terrorism policies over the past year. In March of last year, Cheney appeared on CNN's State of the Union and said a number of Obama's policies were making the country less safe - you know, things like refusing to torture terrorist suspects (I hate it when a president obeys the constitution).

While Cheney continues to try to frighten the American people with his scare tactics and delusions of mass terrorist attacks, many Republican critics, like Pat Buchanan, the Karl Rove of the Nixon administration, have stated that Obama has been tougher on terrorism than Bush ever was. In fact, Obama continued many of the Bush administration's terrorist policies (i.e. War in Afghanistan and bombing along Pakistan border) and has killed more al Qaeda operatives in his first year in office than the Bush Administration killed during their whole second term. Obama has not only continued the War in Afghanistan, but he has escalated it to a greater point than even Bush had at the beginning of the invasion.

And in terms of Obama's decision to try terrorists in civilian courts instead of military tribunals, it is proven that civilian courts have a higher conviction rate than military tribunals in terrorist trials, boasting an 88 percent conviction rate on 828 terrorist trials, compared to a 15 percent conviction rate on 20 terrorist trials conducted in military tribunals - with two of the five convicted terrorists later being released.

The fact is that if we are going to stand up to terrorists and show them that our way is good and theirs is evil, then we are going to have to stop letting these bastards, terrorists and right-wing pundits alike, scare us into believing that trying terrorists in our courts will be unsuccessful and make us more vulnerable to an attack. Because if you haven't already realized that terrorists want to kill us and destroy our way of life, than I don't know where you have been living for the past decade.

And you can thank Cheney for the attacks of 9/11 and a complete disregard for the constitution following those attacks, not President Obama.