Washington, December 31: Politics over the failed al Qaeda attempt to blow up a US plane turned ugly today with the White House entering into a verbal duel with former Vice President Dick Cheney, who had attacked President Barack Obama for “trying to pretend” America was not at war.
The White House today hit back on Cheney, charging that the “bellicose rhetoric” of the Bush-Cheney regime had failed to reduce the threat from al Qaeda.
Cheney has come out of the “woodwork” since the incident, a top Obama aide wrote on a White House blog. “It is telling that Cheney and others seem to be more focused on criticising the Administration than condemning the attackers”.
–PTI