It’s Biden vs Cheney week and Joe Biden is winning. Dick, who is pushing for a military trial, could possibly get his way, if Vice-President Biden has anything to do with it.
Except, we aren’t talking about the terror trial. Be careful what you wish for Dick.
- Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Vice President Joe Biden said today that he was “open” to the idea of military tribunals for people who tried to destroy America, “such as Dick Cheney.”
In advocating a military trial of the former vice-president, Mr. Biden said, “I hope that Dick Cheney’s support for military tribunals for dangerous bad guys would extend to a trial for himself.”
Mr. Biden said that the purpose of such a trial for his predecessor would be “to ensure that Dick Cheney never threatens the homeland again.”
But in an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Mr. Cheney seemed to stop short of supporting a military trial for himself, saying that all such tribunals “should exempt former vice-presidents.”