Dick and Liz Cheney from an adapted book excerpt:
“For the most part, until the administration of Barack Obama, we delivered,” they wrote, arguing that Obama has “departed from this 75-year, largely bipartisan tradition of ensuring America’s pre-eminence and strength.”
The Cheneys said Obama has “abandoned Iraq” and is “on course” to do the same in Afghanistan.
Republicans largely blame the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the Obama administration’s pullout from Iraq in 2011. Former President George W. Bush — under whom Dick Cheney served as vice president — was commander-in-chief when that deadline was agreed to, though.