After the Gulf War he stated:
"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 final point that I think needs to be made is this question of casualties. I don't think you could have done all of that without significant additional U.S. casualties, and while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the (1991) conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war.
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."
2007-07-14 16:55:08 · 10 answers · asked by Cable Dude 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
We should ask him now, how many lives is he worth.
Over 3,000 U.S. military have been killed and apparently that is "Not that damn many."
2007-07-14 16:56:15 · update #1
Treasonous murdering rats using the fear of terrorism to cowl the American people. This administration is beyond despicable. It is dragging down the country and holding it up for every hater of the United States of America to criticize. This President, this Vice President and their other crony Rumsfeld are the true axis of evil holding this country captive with fear. Secure our frigging borders you traitors.
2007-07-14 17:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Old time Goldwater conservativeVictor Gold says he can't understand Cheney's behavior since he became the VP
Since at least 911 Cheney has been securely in the pockets of the neocon (and defacto Fifth Column) American Enterprise Institute, who advocted the invasion and are now screaming for war on Iran.
The mystery is why our new "Tricky Dick" had such a change of heart. Do the neocons have salacious photos of him or of his daughter?
2007-07-14 17:10:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Biden has a warm temper each and every from time to time yet the two way i admire the guy and might relate to him rather nicely. As for Cheney being a innovative for this united states.... shall we not get ahead of ourselves. Cheney rather ****** this united states in greater approaches than you are able to in all danger think of. a minimum of Biden does not bypass out of his thank you to over make greater advantageous his skill like Cheney.
2016-12-14 09:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you are having a hard time with that whole, brain functioning again?
Are you not aware that the removal of saddam is quite different than what we are doing in iraq today?
2007-07-14 17:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. He also deceived the American public be going on all the Sunday morning news shows and telling us that Saddam and Bin Ladin knew and liked each other and were working together to destroy us. Fact is, Saddam hated al qaeda and the terrorists, and wouldn't allow them in his country. I think Cheney is a low life piece of scum.
2007-07-14 17:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
People change their minds. When our politicians do that we call it flip-flopping.
When we do it, we call it "learning".
The stakes change. This is no longer (and hasn't been for some time) just an Iraq vs. U.S. situation. Intelligence has shown the problem we are facing to be much larger than that and decades in the making.
Quick and easy to call our representatives names.
Unpatriotic, too.
Asking the question wasn't unpatriotic, just the name-calling.
It's clear you are confusing the goals and objectives of the two invasions.
2007-07-14 17:00:35 · answer #6 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You don't need to go that far.
Cheney says he is not part of the Executive Branch, so he is not required to follow rules that apply to the Executive Branch, and then he invokes rules that only apply to the executive officers.
2007-07-14 16:59:40 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
And what about the 100,000+ Iraqi lives that have been lost? The neocons don't give a damn about them.
2007-07-14 17:03:48 · answer #8 · answered by Babs 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Naw, not really. Boy are people getting dramatic or what?
2007-07-14 17:17:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes he is, tied with Jerry Fallwell and Rush.
2007-07-14 16:59:36 · answer #10 · answered by Jeremiah 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋