Send Liz Cheney Away with the Neo-Con Right

American Lives over Endless War.

I have an idea of what to do with Liz Cheney – send her to Iraq.

Send her on a tour of the destructive policies she supports. Let her see the graves of the innocents who were caught between foreign armies and the militias. Show her the destroyed cities still being rebuilt. Let her stand on the foundation of the destroyed home that is gone forever. Walk her over to the graves of the children in the front yard.

Or better yet, if she’s so concerned about Afghanistan, she can send herself.

If she wants the United States to “save face” in Afghanistan by remaining there indefinitely, let her see the costs of that policy. The American servicemen who lose limbs - let Liz Cheney pay for the prosthetics. The Marine who drives on some remote road in a Humvee, thousands of miles from home, praying he doesn’t die - let Liz Cheney take his place.

Remember who Liz Cheney is.

Lost in the effort to remove Cheney from GOP leadership, and its focus on impeachment and January 6, is Liz Cheney’s history.

Let this serve as a reminder.

Liz Cheney fought President Trump’s efforts to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan in the summer of 2020.

Liz Cheney allied with Democrats – even sponsoring an amendment – to prohibit “the expenditure of monies to reduce the number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan below 8,000.”

Liz Cheney used the fraudulent “Russia Bounty” hoax to attack the Trump Administration and argue against troop withdrawals.

Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney

If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain: 1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed? Was the info in the PDB? 2. Who did know and when? 3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?

If Cheney goes, let’s hope the Neo-Cons follow.

The movement to remove Cheney from GOP leadership might be about her unlikability, a power-play among House Republicans, or her criticism of Trump or her vote for impeachment. In reality, it’s all of that and then some.

We hope, however, that Cheney’s removal is part of the vanishing of the warmongering section of the GOP. The diminishment of the voices who supported (and still support) the decision to go to war against Iraq. Those who would sacrifice the lives of Americans so this country can “save face” in Afghanistan, whatever that means.

Those politicians, like Cheney, whose use of intelligence community lies lead to the death of American troops.

A message to the GOP - don’t stop with leadership. Tell Liz Cheney the Republicans are done with endless wars. And let her neo-conservative fans follow her on the way out.

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