What distresses me is how much airtime Cheney is given to pursue his lies, and how much of the mainstream media has decided that, in its endless search for ratings, it is worth creating a “Battle of the Titans,” even though that particular hyped-up battle is between the President and a man who is no longer in office, and who, instead of being treated as though he is some kind of official rival to Barack Obama, should be left to stew in silence, as an independent prosecutor is put in place to analyze his actual record — sending thousands of US soldiers to their deaths for no good reason, torturing prisoners to secure false confessions to justify an illegal war, showing an arrogant disregard for US and international laws, and, as you put it, “alienat[ing] every Arab nation along with falling out of favor with most of our European Allies.”

Cheney constantly lies trying to cover up his and Bush’s wrong doings. He should be put on trial and have to account them. They stole the election in 2000 and took it away from the people who’s votes were never counted. I know that we are supposed to forgive persons for their wrong doings however it is hard to in this case as there have been so many of our soldiers, both male and female who have been killed, wounded or disabled, not to mention the inocent people who’s live have been destroyed.

They lied to us to get into Bush’s War and we have alienated every Arab nation along with falling out of favor with most of our European Allies. It will take a very long time to right this situation.

I thank you for your article and the guts to speak out.

R. French

I reckon you’d get a lot of viewers for “The Trial of Dick Cheney.”

I really hope that more people realize that they should not be listening to him — though I’d also like broadcasters to stop giving him so much airtime! — but when it comes to your comment about war crimes, I believe he should be prosecuted regardless of whether or not he shuts up!