"2/3 of Americans say it's not worth fighting..." says the reporter, a few days ago.
"So .." says Cheney
& look how he flip flopped:
Cheney, said, in 1992:
"I would guess if we had gone in there, I would still have forces in Baghdad today. We'd be running the country. We would not have been able to get everybody out and bring everybody home...."
"And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam (Hussein) worth? And the answer is not that damned many. So, I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the president made the decision that we'd achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq."
Always out for himself ..
Got this from John Kerry (advocating for vets who are running for office:
"Just last week, Vice President Cheney was asked about the burden of the Iraq War on our military. His answer? George Bush bears the greatest burden of the war.
4,000 American troops who gave their lives? The Vice President summed it up: "They volunteered."
When I read the Vice President's comments, I was reminded of what Marine Corps 3-star General Gregory Newbold, the former Operations Director at the Pentagon, said about the war in Iraq:
"The commitment of our forces to this fight was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions - or bury the results."
Slugbug
http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2968
ARTICLE ON DEADBET DAD'S AND THE MILITARY
Posted by: rthorne | April 13, 2008 at 02:09 PM
I agree "deadbeat dads" is a cruel stereotype.
Posted by: Not My President | April 13, 2008 at 02:18 PM