Dick Cheney comments on the trials of terrorists

These are tough questions, no doubt about it. You want my opinion, my view of what ought to happen, I think we have to treat it as a -- as a war. This is a strategic threat to the United States. I think that's why we were successful for seven-and-a-half years in avoiding a further major attack against the United States.

— Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticizes President Obama for wanting to try terrorists in civilian court, rather than before military commissions. Sunday 2/14/10 “This Week” on ABC