Remember Why We're Fighting, Cheney Says

[sabra]

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200511%5CNAT20051121a.html

Remember Why We're Fighting, Cheney Says


(CNSNews.com) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday it's "critical" for the American people to remind themselves why the United States went to war in Iraq in the first place -- and why the U.S. has a duty to persevere.

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Cheney said he disagrees with Murtha, whom he described as "a good man, a Marine, a patriot, who is taking a clear stand in an entirely legitimate discussion."

It's fine to have a discussion on what the U.S. should have done, or what we ought to do, Cheney said: But, he added, "What is not legitimate - and what I will again say is dishonest and reprehensible - is the suggestion by some U.S. senators that the president of the United States or any member of his administration purposely misled the American people on prewar intelligence.

"Some of the most irresponsible comments have come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorizing the use of force against Saddam Hussein," Cheney said. "These are elected officials who had access to the intelligence materials. They are known to have a high opinion of their own analytical capabilities, and they were free to reach their own judgments based upon the evidence."

:puke:

[phantom power]

1. LOL! Who is this "we," Dick?

[NoPasaran]

3. I think he has a mouse in his pocket

[harlinchi]

14. Oui?

Speaking French again, huh?

[NoPasaran]

2. And why would that be again?

To prove that those who have already died did not die in vain? How many more will it take to reach that goal?

[dflprincess]

15. Depends on which day of the week it is

[spindrifter]

4. We know exactly why we are

fighting, Dickie-bird. It's because you and your ilk are power-crazed, selfish bigots who want to destroy American government as we in the 20-21st Century have known it.

[Wickerman]

5. I guess I'll remember when the Bush* misadministration

can offer a truthful, clear, concise and consistent reason why our sons and daughters are dying over in Iraq. Until then, I think its worth reminindg them that their pre-war STATEMENTS don't agree with the intelligence or facts.

[npincus]

6. Is he sure he WANTS us to remmber why? Was it WMDs or unicorns?

I DON'T remmber the WH pitching a Democracy experiment... I DO remember a lot of scary talk and WH-planted NYT news stories about mushroom clouds and aluminum tubes for centrifuges to produce nukes.

I DO remember alot of well-timed terror alerts and "we are in imminent danger of nuclear attack" with "only 45-minutes for weapons to reach the continental US".

That's what I remember. What do YOU remember?

[FormerRepublican]

7. Was that to fatten Halliburton profits and line your pockets, Dick?

Don't think we've forgotten that you diverted the war on terror to your own private war for profit, Dick.

[AzDar]

8. I can best Ol' Crashcart : "it is a lie to say that it is not a lie to say

that the President lied to the American People" Ha.
Now, WHY are we in Iraq, again, Cheney?

[tsuki]

9. I don't know what the mission is. All I ever hear is a bunch

of jingles that keep changing. I keep challenging people to tell me what the mission is. Even the GOP'ers that I talk to don't know.

[TahitiNut]

10. "why the United States went to war in Iraq in the first place"

In a single rhetorical flourish, Darth Cheney resurrects a pack of lies and again attempts to legitimize a war crime. The man is a sociopath. He belongs in prison. Now.

[Lowell]

11. Remind me

What is the reason du jour this week? WMDs, genocide, 9/11 or just another lie?

[C_U_L8R]

12. Remember why we're fighting???

yeah - I remember.

We're fighting because the corrupt Bush regime
cooked intelligence for it's own PNAC empire ambitions.
The Iraq War has NOTHING to do with terrorism and
everything to do with a Middle East land grab for oil
(which handsomely profits friends of Chimp (FOC)
- also known as FOC-heads

Yeah - we all remember quite well thank you.

[shance]

13. Mr. "five deferments" fighter is held is such high esteem for his

ability to sit in his leather swivel chair and exercise his fingers to dial the phone.

Five deferments fighter.....five deferments fighter......five deferments fighter.....five deferments fighter

[Vinca]

16. Remember why we're fighting?????

Yeah . . . that's why we're so pissed off. All the reasons we were given to go fight don't exist and, apparently, never did. Cheney's got some nerve to get up and deliver this pile of crap.

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. So, if we went to Iraq to get rid of WMD - what he claims here-

and there weren't any, then why are we still there?

[BurtWorm]

18. Did he actually put into words "why we are fighting?"

Cause I forget.

[LisaLynne]

19. Um, dude, we're totally talking about remembering why we're there.

You're the one trying to make everybody forget since you sold the American public and the Congress on this war on false pretenses and out right lies. Again, they're trying to accuse others of doing what they're doing!