New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Dick Cheney, former US Vice President and chief architect of the "war on terror," passed away on Tuesday. He was 84-years-old. Back in 2000, the outspoken Trump critic was reportedly asked by George W Bush to help him select a vice-presidential candidate. Ironically, the search ended with Cheney himself being sworn in.

Cheney, had even claimed during the 2024 elections that "there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."

His death pulled the curtains on a remarkable, often controversial career that spanned the Cold War, the Gulf War, the "war on terror".

Cheney, a former Wyoming congressman, White House chief of staff, and defense secretary, was leading a successful c...