by B. R. GOWANI
in 1991, Papa Bush (George H. W. Bush) went to war against Iraq
Dick Cheney was part of that devastating war
Iraq witnessed death and destruction on a great scale
US didn’t suffer any demolition because Iraq had no ICBMs
nor did Bush face any trial as a war criminal
who was gonna try?
it was one of the biggest rogue action the world had ever seen
in 2000, the US Supreme Court helped George W. Bush become president
that is, Baby Bush became President, by cheating
Cheney accepted to be Bush’s Vice President
just before that he was the CEO of Halliburton
in 2003, Baby Bush (George W. Bush) initiated a war against Iraq
the “war criminal trinity:” George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney
Cheney is considered the architect of the second US war against Iraq
in August 2002, Cheney declared to Veterans of Foreign Wars
“Simply stated, there’s no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.”
General Anthony Zinni was on the same stage too
(Zinni was United Sates Special Envoy for Middle East Peace)
years later, Zinni responded to Cheney’s lie in a documentary:
“It was a total shock. I couldn’t believe the vice president was saying this, you know? In doing work with the CIA on Iraq WMD, through all the briefings I heard at Langley, I never saw one piece of credible evidence that there was an ongoing program.”
why did Zinni talk years later of Cheney’s lie and not on that stage?
this is the problem with people in power — never on time to save lives
war proved immensely beneficial to Halliburton and thus Cheney
what was the reason for creating chaos in Iraq and destroying it?
Bush government claimed Iraq had WMD or weapons of mass destruction
in the United Nations, Colin Powell showed a vial as a proof
it was a total lie and Powell came out as a fool but the lie worked
a former US diplomat Joe Wilson said Iraq didn’t purchase uranium
Cheney went on a smear campaign and exposed Valerie Plame identity
Plame, Joe Wilson’s wife, was a overt CIA agent
the war lasted almost nine years and gave birth to ISIS
Iraq and its allies with US fought ISIS or the Islamic State for 4 years
Cheney was unrepentant for killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis
“What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the right — same course of action.”
over 4 years back, one of the war criminal Rumsfeld died
on Nov. 3, 2025, Dick Cheney, another of the war criminal trinity, died
one would want to feel happy and celebrate disgusting Dick’s death
because this Dick was one monstrous dick
but one just cannot
because one after another has continued ruling US
besides, the world has also so many dicks in power …
That is just as it is, according to the prevalent world situation:
Everything ends badly. It’s the law of the universe.
Rohinton Mistry, “A fine balance”
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com