"The Cheney Shogunate"
During the history of Japan, for various periods the power of the emperor was checked as military dictators called \ufffdshoguns\ufffd ruled the country. The term \ufffdshogun\ufffd in fact meant \ufffdsupreme general of the samurai.\ufffd The legal rationalization for the shogunate was that the land faced a grave external threat requiring the transfer of power and authority to a military ruler who was given absolute power over life and death of the Japanese people.The rest is, of course, worth your perusal—Scott Horton always is.
Will historians refer to America, in the period starting on January 20, 2001, as the Cheney Shogunate? As is becoming increasingly apparent, the country has an intellectually and morally enfeebled president who serves as a sort of display piece, while actual executive power—indeed, far greater power than any president has ever wielded—is exercised by Dick Cheney.
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