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'Good riddance to butcher': Netizens react to Iraq war architect Dick Cheney's death

Wednesday, 05 November 2025 7:37 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 05 November 2025 1:11 PM ]

Dick Cheney speaking to US military personnel on Balad Air Base, Iraq, on March 18, 2008. (File)

Former US vice president Dick Cheney’s death at 84 closes the chapter on one of the darkest and most destructive figures in modern US history, yet the violent, profit-driven empire he contributed to building continues to thrive.

As the chief architect of the “War on Terror,” Cheney spread lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, paving the way for wars that killed millions and displaced tens of millions more—all while enriching his corporate allies.

Both Democrats and Republicans now whitewash his crimes, hailing his “service” as if mass murder is patriotism, proving that in Washington, power still trumps justice.

Though the world may feel a little lighter without Cheney, the system he embodied—rooted in greed, deceit, and impunity—remains firmly intact.

His passing has stirred strong reactions across the world, particularly online. What follows are some of the responses from netizens to Cheney’s death.

The death of Dick Cheney, who, like Kissinger before him, never spent a day in prison for massive crimes against humanity causing the destruction of whole countries and the deaths of millions, is a symbol of the impunity that is at the root of much of the violence in our world…
— Craig Mokhiber (@CraigMokhiber) November 4, 2025

I'm old enough to remember the picture of Dick Cheney with this feet up on his desk as he watched the twin towers burn on a TV screen. And I'm old enough to remember when he conspired with other now dead or decrepit neocons to murder or destroy the lives of millions of Iraqis… pic.twitter.com/CuTkHlST9z
— susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى (@susanabulhawa) November 4, 2025

Now is a good time to remember that Dick Cheney's post 9/11 wars killed (conservatively) 4.5 million people and displaced over 38 million more, according to a study by Brown University. pic.twitter.com/dUhjlTMC3o
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) November 4, 2025

Dick Cheney died after a long life in which he cashed in handsomely on calamitous wars he launched on the basis of crude lies.

But his spirit lives on in the Trump administration, a collection of authoritarian knaves and white collar criminals who have escalated his bogus war…
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 4, 2025

Cheney Should Have Died Alone In A Cage

Dick Cheney, arguably the single government official most responsible for the expansion of US warmongering and militarism in the 21st century, has died.

The worst worst war sluts of the US empire have issued statements expressing their… pic.twitter.com/lI2J9SsVcW
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) November 5, 2025

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the butcher of Iraq, who advised presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush and was a key architect of the war on terror, has died at the age of 84, his family announced Tuesday.

He lied about weapons of mass destruction.

He is the reason… pic.twitter.com/gWyo8TwadJ
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) November 4, 2025

Dick Cheney was one of the most evil people of my lifetime. He, along with other neocons, chartered the course for US imperialism this century, reshaping the collective consciousness about Islam and Muslims, and profiteering from their dehumanisation and mass slaughter.
— Ammar Kazmi 🇵🇸 (@AmmarKazmi_) November 4, 2025

They will try to make you forget. Whenever a president, politician or official passes, I'm reminded of how insane the amnesia that American exceptionalism produces, is— every wrong and evil is forgotten and brushed over.

Dick Cheney was as nefarious a war criminal as they come.… https://t.co/ydtt3wgBba pic.twitter.com/2qzlbSODX2
— HAYDAR (@chronicalihere) November 4, 2025