Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Former US Vice President Dick Cheney called the recent CIA drone strike in Yemen that killed Al-Qaeda operative Anwar Awlaki a validation of the George W. Bush administration's terrorist-fighting strategy, and has said that President Obama should apologize for criticizing his policies in the past.
Cheney indicated that the Obama administration was being hypocritical when it approved a deadly strike against the al-Awlaki while condemning Bush's use of so-called enhanced interrogation methods of Al-Qaeda prisoners, the Washington Post reports.
"They've agreed they need to be tough and aggressive in defending the nation and using some of the same techniques that the Bush administration did," Cheney said during an interview with CNN.
"And they need, as I say, to go back and reconsider some of the criticisms they offered about our policies," he added.
Cheney, who has acknowledged supporting the Bush-era use of secret prisons and waterboarding for Al-Qaeda suspects, pointed out that Obama had criticized Bush administration's decisions that justified the harsh treatment of Al-Qaeda prisoners.
"They, in effect, said that we had walked away from our ideals, or taken policy contrary to our ideals, when we had enhanced interrogation techniques," said Cheney.
"Now they clearly have moved in the direction of taking robust action when they think it is justified," he added.
Cheney praised the recent strike and endorsed the killing of Awlaki as 'justified,' but said that he would like Obama to apologize for criticizing Bush administration's policies. (ANI)
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