GNU Terry Pratchett <| sep |> There is truth to that , but Cheney after leaving power remained pretty vocal . Cheney believed his neo con agenda . I am not a fan of the neocons and they played an aggressive , dangerous and ultimately misguided game . But they are not there same existential threat to our country ' s institutions as bannon is . Bannon is the face of an alternative news distribution network with a fascist white supremacist flavor . He is dangerous because he has the connections to bypass the news media and create his own narrative while advancing a very fringe agenda . Sure the bush neocons utilized Fox News in a similar way but business interests and establishment interests served as some check on their activities . Bannon has no such limitations and neither does breitbart Alex Jones info wars etc . So while I do not defend bush neocons and their actions while in power continue to cost America dearly , from tax cuts to the Iraq war , they were not so incompet , unbound and extreme as bannon and ilk .