Dick Cheney's Obscenity

Here's an obscenity even greater than the bare breast of a statue for Attorney General Ashcroft to cover up: the U.S. war against Afghanistan.

That's the implication of Vice President Dick Cheney's damage control efforts on the Sunday talking heads news shows earlier this week. On NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS, the Vice President purported that the U.S. has made some progress in the war on terrorism but warned, "the prospect of another attack against the United States is very, very real. It's just as real, in my opinion, as it was September 12."

It is? Even after seven-and-a-half months of war against Afghanistan? At more than $1 billion per month? A war that has killed and maimed and shattered the lives of thousands of people?