Posted on 06/19/2014 5:48:13 AM PDT by yldstrk
FOX News’ Megyn Kelly had some tough questions for former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night, after he and his daughter, Liz, offered a scathing review of the Obama administration’s foreign policy.
“In your op-ed [in the Wall Street Journal], you write as follows: ‘Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many,” Kelly said on her show “The Kelly File.” “But time and time again, history has proven that you got it wrong as well sir.” Continue Reading Text Size
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Kelly then began listing shortcomings of the Bush administration, pointing out Cheney’s statements that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, that the U.S. forces would be considered liberators and that Iraqi insurgency was “in the throes” in 2005.
Cheney responded that invading Iraq was “the right thing” and that it would have been “irresponsible for us not to act.”
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+1 and ditto on the points.
Bush 41 went into Iraq thinking he could stabilize the region and thus oil supply and oil prices.
Bush 43 went into Iraq to get even with saddam hussein for
making Bush 41 look bad.
IMHO, the net result now will be the US begging Iran to take control of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Iran will not stop. A nuclear Iran eventually will expand wherever they want.
All that is happening now is just a smoke screen to give Iran time to build up their nuclear arsenal.
Liberals seem content to quibble over whether Saddam was “attempting to purchase yellowcake” and ignoring or belittling the fact that Saddam had amassed over 500 tons of yellowcake which was shipped to Canada in 2005 after the US invasion, when it was confirmed, discovered, secured and removed from Tuwaitha
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/iraq.uranium/index.html?_s=PM:US
How did Cheney get it wrong? Bush/Cheney said there was al-Qaeda in Iraq. Correct. They said there were WMDs there. Correct (550 TONS of uranium was removed in 2007-—without any news fanfare). Just about the only thing they got wrong was not breaking up Iraq into three independent provinces, Kurdistan, Shiaa-ville, and central Iraq.
Exactly right! She followed that interview with a Glenn Beck interview, showing actual video from his 2011 predictions about what would take place in the Mideast in the near future and how he was mocked on MSNBC, CNN and others at the time for his insight. It is happening exactly as he predicted..He looks like a prophet and those media people look like fools. Meghan is the best thing on any network or cable outlet right now. She gets at the truth as best she can and does a darn good job of it. She is smart and assertive and I believe she is doing her best to get the truth to the American people.
“6. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, other than Saddam celebrating it’
Nonsense.
To believe that you have to be too ignorant to know the 9/11 attack was an attack against the economy and the 9/11 attack was preceded by an orchestrated recession which was directly related to the Oil for Food Program and the smuggling of Iraqi oil driving the price of oil so low it created a worldwide recession.
The 9/11 attack was a 1-2 punch. Orchestrate a recession then attack the economic center.
SH even made a comment a few month before 9/11 something to the effect “soon America will be hit in it’s sore arm” meaning the economy.
SH played a big part in the preparations for the 9/11 attack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhCRSs1tWo8
The crew of this AC-130A Spectre gunship, named Azrael (Azrael, in the Koran, is the angel of death who severs the soul from the body) displayed courage and heroism during the closing hours of Operation Desert Storm. On Feb. 26, 1991, Coalition ground forces were driving the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. Azrael was sent to the Al Jahra highway between Kuwait City and Basrah, Iraq, to intercept the convoys of tanks, trucks, buses and cars fleeing the battle. Facing numerous enemy batteries of SA-6 and SA-8 surface-to-air missiles, and 37mm and 57mm radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery, the crew attacked the enemy skillfully, inflicting significant damage on the convoys. The crew's heroic efforts left much of the enemy's equipment destroyed or unserviceable, contributing to the defeat of the Iraqi forces. On Feb. 28, 1991, Iraq agreed to a cease-fire. The aircraft on display was assigned to the 919th Special Operations Wing and was retired to the museum in October 1995.
Bush and Cheney will be vindicated. Here’s how, Obama will do nothing and the Middle East will explode, gasoline will be $20 a gallon and people in the Northeast will not be able to heat their homes.
Then, people will wake up to the fact that oil runs the world and America does not have an energy policy, in fact we are outlawing coal, preventing much offshore drilling, failing to open ANWR, no Keystone pipeline, no new refineries, limited fracking, etc.
I think you mean more Yellowcake. Iraq under Sadam Hussein already had 550 tons, which was subsequently bought by and shipped, to Canada. Yellow cake to Canada
While you at it, don’t forget to add our monkey eared commander in chief, bozo!!!!!!!!!
as a task force participant I recall the reports of revulsion even US military commander felt at continuing to massacre literally thousands of fleeing Iraqi troops and the reluctance of our Coalition, which included arabs and muslims among others, who were ready to bail on supporting the US in further ops and in postwar reconstruction if we continued shooting fish in a barrel
So yeah, maybe we needed a “Patton” and all we had was an “Eisenhower” who recommended for political as well as human reason to call off the slaughter and cave to the allies
but it was what the President SecDef and JCS had to work with and base decisions on at the time
when Saddam used his helicopters to massacre the marsh arabs and shia it was clear we’d been had, but it was too late
If the threat of WMD's and terrorism was so high, why didn't they militarize the Southern borders.
It simply wasn't there.
Illegal aliens have raped, killed, robbed, and harmed more Americans than Al Qaeda has ever done, we get a 9/11 each year in total destruction from them, yet we choose not to stop it.
So yeah, in the end Saddam was a great stabilizer in the area. He had to pick on his neighbors to show his force and control. It worked for him.
The 550 tons was enough to make about 100 nuclear weapons.
As am I. . . it is not even an argument, it is an assault upon the laws of logic. "We found no weapons of mass destruction, therefore, there never were weapons of mass destruction." CONCLUSION: Saddam was innocent and Bush was GUILTY!. . Bush lied, people died and yada, yada, yada.
If future generations learn anything from this epoch in American history that point should be it. Future leaders (assuming we have any with fortitude) need to remember it, before committing US blood towards any cause.
“I thought that was insulting at the time — everybody wants to be free,” Beck said. “Let me lead with my mistakes. You are right. Liberals, you were right.”
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
”Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
- Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998
”Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
”Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
- Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL) and others, December 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
”Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Sadaam is in power."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Sadaam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do."
- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is calculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein’s with weapons of mass destruction is real ..."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
Bush mentioned Hussein’s attempted assassination attempt on Bush ! as a reason in addition to WMD
You’ve let the leftist shape your opinions. Iraq was well known as a safe haven for terrorist organizations, including training camps for hijackers. Taking down Saddam eliminated that threat, it also lured AQ into a fight on level terrain and low altitude (perfect for the airmobile).
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