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Former Vice President Dick Cheney stepped up his offensive against President Barack Obama today by accusing the commander-in-chief of underestimating the terrorist threat and not doing enough to confront it.

Were in for big trouble in the years ahead because of his refusal to recognize reality and because of his continual emphasis upon getting the U.S. basically to withdraw from that part of the world, Cheney, a Republican, said of the Middle East and Afghanistan, in an interview on ABCs This Week program.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, said on NBCs Meet the Press that he doesnt blame Obama for the current turmoil in Iraq, pointing the finger partly at those who originally supported the war. Paul and Cheneys conflicting views show a schism in their party over the Mideast and on foreign policy in general.

Cheney, one of the key architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein, has increased his criticism and visibility as Iraq teeters on the brink of civil war. Obama withdrew all troops from the country in 2011 after failing to reach a security agreement with the Iraqi government for an extended U.S. military presence.

Even as he attacked Obama, who is deploying 300 special operations forces to gather intelligence on Iraq, Cheney declined to outline a specific military strategy. He didnt say whether he favors air strikes or more extensive action.

When were arguing over 300 advisers when the request had been for 20,000 in order to do the job right, Im not sure weve really addressed the problem, he said.

While advocating training and weapons for the resistance up in Syria, Cheney said, At this point there are no good, easy answers in Iraq.

White House officials have shrugged off the criticism and Democratic lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have faulted Cheney for misjudgments on the war.

Cheney had said he had no doubt Saddam was reconstituting chemical and biological weapons. The former vice president in 2003 said the U.S. would be greeted as liberators and that several hundred thousand troops wouldnt be needed to provide security once the conflict ends.

Asked about such claims in todays broadcast, Cheney made no apologies.

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The Table for 1200 on Esplanade Riel (Jacqueline Young)

It was Saturday night, and 1,200 people were dressed in white and sitting down to dinner on the Esplanade Riel above the Red River, where 150 tables showcased food from the citys top chefs. The people behind the event, a group of architects who call themselves 5468796, were there, too each hosting a table, and drinking in the atmosphere of a city thats come alive in recent years. Johanna Hurme, a partner in 5468796, was sporting big purple sunglasses and mingling with out-of-town architects. It really was a success, she says. It felt like the true spirit of Winnipeg came out.

Many Canadians, even some Winnipeggers, might be surprised at that cultured confidence. But 5468796 is leading a new generation of local architects to invent a new city, and perhaps a new Canada, that gives innovative architecture a seat at the table. Manitobas capital city, after decades of stasis, is seeing an architectural rebirth, and 5468796 is at the centre of it. The firm is just seven years old, and its three partners relatively young: the Finnish-born Hurme is 38; the Bosnian-born Sasa Radulovic, 41; and Colin Neufeld, 38.

Yet theyve managed to realize a remarkable set of projects. Among them are a condo building with units that fit together like a 3-D puzzle.

As well, theres been a renovation that added sleek steel balconies to a historic facade on Portage Avenue, and a bandshell with walls made from 20,000 pieces of aluminum chain mail. Theyve won Canadian and international architecture awards, consistent attention from design blogs, and a partnership with a New York think tank.

And theyve done so while smashing preconceptions about what is possible for their city and their profession. I think were a bit naive, says Radulovic, and we work not to let go of that. If the answer is No, we ask, Why not?

The Avenue on Portage (James Brittain)

If you are a young English-Canadian architect with ambitions to design innovative buildings, the route to success can be long and circuitous. After working in the right offices and completing an arduous licensing process, you may teach, and take whatever work you can get renovating kitchens and houses. By then, you are probably pushing 40. Next, you seek out meaningful work, where you can control the details and the materials to realize your vision. This usually means homes for affluent and engaged clients, and then public buildings if you can beat your more experienced peers for the job. Then, you retire.

This is why too many Canadian architects are stuck in a prison of polished concrete, making beautiful buildings for the very few. The three partners of 5468796 have demolished that model.

They met as students at the University of Manitobas well-regarded architecture school. Radulovic was a Sarajevo native who had landed in Canada as a refugee in his 20s; Hurme had come to a small Manitoba town as a high-school exchange student from Helsinki. The two formed an intellectual partnership, both outsiders by birth and equally outspoken. That status, Hurme says, helps in questioning your context and not taking things for granted.

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