VIDEO: Obama Slays Cheney on 60 Minutes 3/22/09

In this video President Obama delivers the ether to Dick Cheney, on 60 minutes last night:

Obama vs. Cheney 60 Minutes Interview 3/22/09

President Barack Obama told CBS Steve Kroft that he fundamentally disagreed with former Vice President Dick Cheneys assertion that the new terrorism policies were putting the country at risk.

OBAMA: I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney. Not surprisingly. You know, I think that Vice President Cheney has been at the head of a movement whose notion is somehow that we cant reconcile our core values, our constitution, our belief that we dont torture, with our national security interests. I think hes drawing the wrong lesson from history. The facts dont bear him out. I think he is that attitude, that philosophy has done incredible damage to our image and position in the world. I mean, the fact of the matter is, after all these years, how many convictions actually came out of Guantanamo? How many how many terrorists have actually been brought to justice under the philosophy that is being promoted by Vice President Cheney? It hasnt made us safer. What it has been is a great advertisement for anti-American sentiment, which means that there is constant effective recruitment of Arab fighters and Muslim fighters against U.S. interests all around the world.

KROFT: Some of it being organized by a few people who were released from Guantanamo.

OBAMA: Well, there is no doubt that we have not done a particularly effective job in sorting rough who are truly dangerous individuals that weve got to make sure are not a threat to us, who are folks that we just swept up. The whole premise of Guantanamo promoted by Vice President Cheney was that, somehow, the American system of justice was not up to the task of dealing with these terrorists. I fundamentally disagree with that. Now, do these folks deserve miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter down the block? Of course not.

KROFT: What do you do with those people?

OBAMA: Well, I think were going to have to figure out a mechanism to make sure that they are not released and do us harm, but do so in a way that is consistent with both our traditions, sense of due process, international law. But this this is the legacy thats been left behind and, you know, im surprised that the vice president is eager to defend a legacy that was unsustainable. Lets assume that we didnt change these practices. How how long are we going to go? Are we going to just keep on going until, you know, the entire Muslim world and Arab world despises us? Do we think thats really going to make us safer? I I dont know a lot of thoughtful thinkers, liberal or conservative, who think that was the right approach.

Obama vs. Cheney, 60 Minutes Interview 3/22/09