Mr. Vice President, the first question is for you:.
100 members of the audience were polled and asked- "What were the real reasons America invaded Iraq?" We have the top five answers on the board -- Mr. Cheney, what do you say?
D.C: "Well Richard, one of the top reasons we decided to depose Saddam has to be that he was a continuing threat not only to his own people, but also to his neighbors in the Middle East as a known supporter of terrorism."
Dawson: "OK, 'Saddam a Terrorist' .... Survey said:"
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Dick -- that answer wasn't found in our survey ... The top five reasons were:
#5 Appeasing Bush's conservative base {ding}
#4 Oil {ding}
#3 Bush's disregard of the U.N. {ding}
#2 Oil {ding}
#1 H A L I B U R T O N