Cheney: 'I was wrong about insurgency'

United Press International ^ | July 31, 2007 | United Press International

[indcons]

Your thoughts, fellow FReepers?

[y6162]

Cheney would have made a great president. Truman redux.

[BallyBill]

..he doesn't care about whether he's well-liked

He has many fans, me included.

Used to call him a "real straight shooter".

[dfwgator]

“War is a series of calamaties that result in victory.” - Clemenceau.

There will never be a “perfect” war.

[SE Mom]

One thing I noticed (gratefully) was that Cheney never said word one about the immigration bill. Somehow I don’t think he was in favor of it. (Hope it’s not just wishful thinking)

GOOD for him that he opposes closing Gitmo!!

[bmwcyle]

Good quote.

[balch3]

He wasn’t wrong.

[tobyhill]

Al-Qaeda wanted Iraq more than we did but now that has changed and they are on the run. Get rid of Al-Qaeda and the “insurgency” will decrease dramatically and even to some other countries gang level of violence, like the US. Brazil, without Al-Qaeda, still averages 150 people killed per day and three times the numbers killed in Iraq.

[VOA]

“U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Tuesday admitted he was wrong when
he declared the Iraq insurgency virtually over in 2005.”

I give him credit for being big enough to admit the mis-assessment.
And also wish that he and Dubya had stepped up earlier and really
prosecuted the conflict (e.g., multiple surges if needed).

Of course, that sort of strategery is above my payscale, so that’s
just a naive civilian’s comments.

[appleharvey]

Unlike the rapist- in chief BILL Clinton, Vice- President Cheney hasn’t given a crap which way the political wind has blown. In these pathetic political times, I’ve found that quite refreshing.

[weegee]

The so called insurgency is being fed by foreign nations and terrorist groups.

We are largely at war with foreigners IN Iraq. If we could take the war to the sponsor nations like Iran nothing would be off the table. As it is, we are fighting a politically correct police action without curfews.

[Tx Angel]

I wish every day he’d toss his hat in the ring.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Well just maybe if the Iraqi's and the rest of the world saw that this country was united to defeat a common ENEMY.

He woould have been right!

F'n rats.

[weegee]

There was an insurgency that arose in the Reconstruction South after America’s Civil War called the KKK. It lasted for roughly 100 years. Imagine if Nazi Germany and the USSR had provided them with weapons and training to continue their campaign of terror.

[RedStateRocker]

Don’t call yourself a ‘naive civilian’. You are *THEIR* boss. The POTUS and VPOTUS are civil servants, deserving of no more awe or deference than a city council member.

[brytlea]

Thank you for a wonderful quote I had never heard, but I will repeat. Often.
susie

[brytlea]

They do know things we don’t.
susie

[EDINVA]

Gotta LOVE a national figure who doesn’t care about being liked in the short term. He and W are two men who know who they are. HIstory will be very kind.

I look at it this way: do I want Bush/Cheney in charge of my nation’s security or would I prefer Kerry/Edwards or Reid/Pelosi ? A no brainer.

And to those who would inevitably bring up the immigration issue: if you think Bush’s position is bad (it is) ...imagine what Gore/Kerry/Clinton/Obama would do.

[ladiesview61]

I love George Bush...but Dick Cheney is the man!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Cheney would have made a great president. Truman redux.

Absolutely....

and without the Democratic bagggage that Truman carried....