The death of Dick Cheney, the architect of the Iraq war at the age of 84

According to RCO News Agency, “Dick Cheney”, the famous belligerent Republican figure and vice president of George W. Bush, known as Bush Jr., who was one of the main factors in persuading Bush to invade Iraq, died “due to complications from pneumonia and cardiovascular disease,” according to his family.

He, who is also in the administration of “George H. W. Bush, also known as Bush Sr., also worked as the Secretary of Defense and in the administration of Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, as the Chief of the Office of the President. He was 84 years old at the time of his death.

Cheney was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming in 1978 and served until 1989. He became the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America during the presidency of George Bush Sr. and held this position until 1993. During Bill Clinton’s presidency, he was Halliburton’s chairman and CEO from 1995 to 2000.

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry revealed years ago during the presidential election campaign that Cheney and Bush had escaped military service in Vietnam.

Cheney was considered one of the most influential and controversial figures in Washington for several decades. But in the last years of Omar’s life, despite his adherence to conservative views, he was rejected from the Republican Party; Because he strongly criticized Donald Trump and considered him a “coward” and the biggest threat to the American Republic.

He symbolically voted for Kamala Harris, a liberal Democrat, in the 2024 presidential election; A move that was a reflection of the change in the face of the Republican Party from traditional conservatism to populism.

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