Noted draft dodger Dick Cheney on "having the stomach for the fight"

[Human Torch]

War's Critics Abetting Terrorists, Cheney Says
He Cites Allies' 'Doubts' About U.S. Will

By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 11, 2006; Page A12

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/10/AR2006091000427.html?nav=rss_email/components

Vice President Cheney offered a veiled attack yesterday on critics of the administration's Iraq policy, saying the domestic debate over the war is emboldening adversaries who believe they can undermine the resolve of the American people.

"They can't beat us in a stand-up fight -- they never have -- but they're absolutely convinced they can break our will, the American people don't have the stomach for the fight," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The vice president said U.S. allies in Afghanistan and Iraq "have doubts" the United States will finish the job there. "And those doubts are encouraged, obviously, when they see the kind of debate that we've had in the United States," he said. "Suggestions, for example, that we should withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq simply feed into that whole notion, validates the strategy of the terrorists."

Cheney unapologetically defended the 2003 invasion that toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, saying the administration would have done "exactly the same thing" even if it knew before the war what he acknowledged knowing now -- that Iraq did not have stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Yet he also gave a bit of ground, as he was pressed repeatedly by interviewer Tim Russert about statements that turned out to be wrong or damaging to his credibility.

[Straight Shooter]

1. Five deferments. Five deferments. Five deferments. Five deferments.

Fuck you, Cheney -- oops, I mean to say five deferments.

[peekaloo]

2. He must have six stomachs.

having no heart leaves a lot of open space in his thorax.

[Erika]

3. and no guts

The chickenhawk who ran from service.

[CarlVK]

4. Up your ass, you chickenhearted twit.

I get acid reflux every time I see that sneering pastey face.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. filthy scumbag nt

nt

[C_U_L8R]

6. It must be his steely colostomy bag

what a bag of poop

[speedoo]

7. What I wish for that bastard:

... I will leave it unsaid. But it's not something that I would want to happen to anyone with an ounce of decency.

[gulliver]

8. Our adversaries love Cheney. Maybe the American people...

... don't have the stomach for more Cheney.