Former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News on Wednesday that he believes President Barack Obama is a "very, very weak president."
Cheney told host Sean Hannity that he has spoken with several officials from the Middle East who claim the president's global influence is waning.
"They all are absolutely convinced that the American capacity to lead and influence in that part of the world has been dramatically reduced by this president," he said. "We've got a problem with weakness, and it's centered right in the White House."
The ex-vice president also said Obama's plan to pull out American troops from Afghanistan by 2016 -- instead of keeping some of them there -- demonstrates his weakness.
"That's stupid, it's unwise, and it will in fact just reinforce the notion that we're weak, that we've got a leader who doesn't understand U.S. obligations and commitments around the world and is not prepared to act on them," he said.
Cheney also said Obama is "totally ignoring" why the United States invaded Afghanistan in the first place.
"It's as though he wasn't even around when 9/11 happened," Cheney argued.
He also took time to criticize the president for the current VA hospital scandal, calling it an "outrage" and chiding Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for placing blame on the Bush administration.
"Six years out since we left office and we are still blamed by Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama for their current troubles," he said.
As Cheney lambasted Obama on Fox News, many people took to social media websites like Twitter to defend the president.
"Dick Cheney, who failed to catch bin Laden for 6+ years, says Obama is the weakest president in his lifetime," one user said.
Some included sarcasm in their tweets questioning Cheney's criticisms.
"Dick Cheney: "Obama is a weak leader. We would have never made these foreign policy decisions back when I was President," another user said.
