Love him or hate him, former VP Dick Cheney knows how to strip skin from flesh.

We only wish there were more like him in the Republican Party.

Today, with daughter Liz, he slashes through Obama’s failings against al-Qaeda, seen as the major security threat America – and the world – faces over the coming years.

The pull quote: “American freedom will not be secured by empty threats, meaningless red lines, leading from behind, appeasing our enemies, abandoning our allies, or apologizing for our great nation – all hallmark to date of the Obama doctrine.”

With his Secretary of State, this president has enabled al-Qaeda’s evil growth, beyond anything Bill Clinton’s failures of the ’90’s yielded. We can only pray intel keeps us safe.

If only VP Cheney were Darth Vader…but…

…even then, something tells us it will take more than the Force for protection next time.