This morning, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, ABC’s Good Morning America aired an interview with Vice President Cheney on the war. During the segment, Cheney flatly told White House correspondent Martha Raddatz that he doesn’t care about the American public’s views on the war:
CHENEY: On the security front, I think there’s a general consensus that we’ve made major progress, that the surge has worked. That’s been a major success.
RADDATZ: Two-third of Americans say it’s not worth fighting.
CHENEY: So?
RADDATZ So? You don’t care what the American people think?
CHENEY: No. I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls
He also stated this back in 2006 at 1:52 minutes into the video clip.
Dick Cheney discusses Iraq with Stephanopolous
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- Iraq, $5,000 Per Second?
- "So, I have a wager for you. If no significant amounts* of WMD show up before the next election, I?ll vote for a Democrat. " - ROBVG
- re: Cheney doesn’t care about the American public’s views on the war
- And for what? (n/t)
- 4000 Americans dead, well over 30,000 Americans wounded, a total cost of ~3000 billion dollars....
- 4,000
- re: 4000 Americans dead, well over 30,000 Americans wounded, a total cost of ~3000 billion dollars....
- Your words
- Kinda convienient that we dont keep track of civilian deaths, isn't it
- Civilian deaths
- BTW, For those playing at home that makes 50,000 iraqi civillians dead just in the last 2 years as aknowledged by TB...
- "Coalition forces were responsible for about 600 of about 26,000 civilians killed. In 2007, Coalition forces accounted for about 1,200 of 24,000 civilians killed."
- Shall we also consider the millions of displaced citizens?
- Civilian deaths
- And the $3 trillion? Still crap. (n/t)
- ugh, typo