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The cathedral of amnesia In the Washington National Cathedral, America’s political elite gathered to sanctify Dick Cheney’s legacy. Presidents, vice presidents, and celebrities lined up to hail him. His family sang his praises. The pews were packed with dignitaries, their faces sombre, their words reverent. However, beneath those solemn hymns and polished eulogies, there was silence on Iraq, silence about the millions of lives shattered by the War Cheney helped unleash. It wasn’t a funeral, it was an erasure. The ceremony was designed to consecrate a legacy, to transform a contentious political figure into a venerated statesman. But what the Cathedral offered was not remembrance-it was amnesia. The assembled mourners spoke of service and sacrifice, of dedication and duty. What […]
