Cheney: U.S. Close to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq

[DogPoundPup]

Source: ABC News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday the United States was close to achieving its aims in Iraq.

Interviewed on CBS's "Face the Nation," Cheney offered another spirited defense of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, of which he was a key proponent and architect.

"We are close to achieving most of our objectives. We have a significant reduction in the overall level of violence," said Cheney, who leaves office on January 20.

He also cited the removal of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the new Iraqi constitution, the Iraqi elections, and a recent framework agreement providing for a U.S. military withdrawal by 2011 as successes.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6573533

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[Turbineguy]

1. Would those be the goals

that keep changing in order to suit the situation?

[NOW tense]

2. "We are close to achieving most of our objectives." Endless War

[lib2DaBone]

3. Yes..endless war and the world in chaos....

with Cheney and his buddies in the Military Industrial Complex reaping the wealth. Cheney is a happy camper.

[spartan61]

4. I wouldn't believe a thing this vile pile of excrement said,

even if he told me the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

[santamargarita]

5. We are Close to Achieving our Goals...

...getting fascist pigs like you and Bush out of our lives!

[MilesColtrane]

6. We've stolen what's left of the oil?

[Kali]

7. ...

more seriously:

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Really? I thought we finished destroying the country a while ago . . . .

[pasto76]

9. Troop deaths are down 66% this year, however

thats still over 300 troops dead. This is not acceptable.

SGT PASTO

[Wizard777]

10. Did I miss it? When did they find the WMD's?

[Botany]

11. keep lying

25 deaths per day
30 to 40 attacks per day
40 to 80% unemployment
infrastructure in ruins no water ... power .... roads and bridges shot
public schools in ruins
4-6 million homeless
1.25 million dead

[Politicalboi]

12. Yup they almost

Have all the US Treasury in their bank accounts in the Cayman Islands. See I knew they could do it.

[RedSock]

18. ding ding ding

the real "mission accomplished".

... and some people here *still* these guys are incompetent.

[IndianaGreen]

13. We found WMDs in Iraq?

Iraq will become a satellite of Iran. Iraq women have already lost what they gained under the Baathists. Tens of thousands have died. Millions have been displaced. Our treasury is bankrupt. Just who was Cheney working for, bin Laden?

[tclambert]

14. They are close to achieving the goal of leaving the mess to the next President without ever

admitting the Bush administration's colossal incompetence. A secondary goal is for Bush and Cheney to escape without being impeached. And third, it looks like they may dodge prison time for war crimes.

By my unofficial count, this would be the eighth time they claimed to have won the war. Yet oddly the fighting still continues. In my extensive review of military history I cannot find any other leader who has won the same war 8 times. Based on that, expect Ann Coulter to call George Bush the greatest commander-in-chief of all time.

[L0oniX]

15. And we are close to our goals of getting rid of your punk ass!

[quidam56]

16. Stay the course, victory is just around the corner...

Dick and Bush have destroyed everything in their wake. http://www.wisecountyissues.com

[tabasco]

17. He speaks the truth.

Years of world-record oil profits.

Sitting on top of the Iraqi oil has achieved the goals of the Bush cabal.

[Life Long Dem]

19. At least we are not seeing "Mission Accomplished" banners.

From mission accomplished to being close to mission accomplished. Okay?

[benld74]

20. Change Face the Nation's name to Feed BS to the Masses!!!