Former Vice President Dick Cheney interviewed on CNN . `` Obama 's failure to provide for a stay-behind force is what created the havoc we see in Iraq today , '' Cheney said . Cheney says Obama may be worse president than Jimmy Carter . The former vice president's comments come as the White House is trying to contain a growing controversy over whether Obama's birth certificate was issued in Hawaii or elsewhere and how he obtained it. NEW : Cheney takes no blame for Iraq , says today 's debacle mainly due to Obama .
Former Vice President Dick Cheney interviewed on CNN . Cheney says Obama may be worse president than Jimmy Carter . The former vice president's comments come as the White House is trying to contain a growing controversy over whether Obama's birth certificate was issued in Hawaii or elsewhere and how he obtained it. NEW : Cheney takes no blame for Iraq , says today 's debacle mainly due to Obama .