New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Two decades after he helped define America's post-9/11 foreign policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney has turned his fire inward - against the political movement that many argue grew from the seeds he once planted. By backing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2024, Dick Cheney wasn't just rejecting Donald Trump; he was, in a sense, repudiating the very strain of fear-driven nationalism that his own presidency helped legitimise.

When history closes its book on Dick Cheney, the legacy it leaves will be one of paradoxes. The former US vice president - who died today at 84 - helped define America's post-9/11 order, a world shaped by fear, force, and the steady expansion of presidential power.

Yet in his final years, Dic...