At Time, Joe Klein writes about poor Dick Cheney.
He seemed stunned, uncertain for once. And the haunted look in his eyes reminded me of what soldiers in Vietnam used to call the Thousand-Yard Stare—the paralytic shock that comes from seeing the impact that even low-caliber weaponry can have on human flesh.
An appalled Charles P. Pierce points out one difference between south Texas and Vietnam — “NEITHER HARRY WHITTINGTON NOR THE QUAIL WERE SHOOTING BACK!”