Cheney Worried That Iraq Withdrawal Will ‘Waste’ The Sacrifice By U.S. Troops

[babylonsister]

Now he's concerned? :eyes:


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/cheney-waste-iraq/

Cheney Worried That Iraq Withdrawal Will ‘Waste’ The Sacrifice By U.S. Troops





Tomorrow is the deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq, a date Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is calling a “great victory.” But in a new interview with Washington Times radio, Vice President Cheney was still pushing the U.S. to stay in Iraq, saying that withdrawal would “waste” the sacrifice of U.S. troops:

Mr. Cheney told The Washington Times’ America’s Morning News radio show that he is a strong believer in Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and that the general is doing what needs to be done.

“But what he says concerns me: That there is still a continuing problem. One might speculate that insurgents are waiting as soon as they get an opportunity to launch more attacks.

“I hope Iraqis can deal with it. At some point they have to stand on their own. But I would not want to see the U.S. waste all the tremendous sacrifice that has gotten us to this point.“

Cheney said that he respects Odierno, who is concerned that there “is still a continuing problem.” Cheney was referencing Odierno’s comments from a CNN interview yesterday. However, Cheney left out the rest of the general’s comments, in which he said that he doesn’t see such “a breakdown in stability” likely to happen:

ODIERNO: Well, again, I think — I think it has to do with if we see a breakdown in stability in Iraq; if we see a consistent increase in violence; if we see that the Iraqi security forces aren’t able to respond; if we have some event that it caused some instability, then that would cause us to, maybe, after we’re asked by the government of Iraq, to help.

I don’t see that right now. I believe we’re on the right path. And I want to make sure you understand that. I believe we are still on the right path. I think security and stability is headed in the right direction as we move through 30 June.

Furthermore, in an interview with CBS yesterday, U.S. ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill said that in “overall trends, you see that violence in this year, ‘09, are considerably less. … We think, we are certainly ready to make this move and most importantly we believe the Iraqi forces are ready to take over this mission.”

Cheney has long been fear-mongering on U.S. withdrawal, hoping to keep troops in Iraq as long as possible. In April 2008 he made the misleading claim that al Qaeda would “acquire control” of Iraq’s oil resources if the U.S. left, also compared withdrawal to “betrayal.”

[YOY]

1. And stop the precious no-bid money...

n.t.

[fascisthunter]

2. Cheney could care less about the troops

all he cares about is $$$$$ involved in taking Iraqi oil.

[rocktivity]

3. No, Dick, YOU'RE the one who sacrificed the US troops

when you falsely invaded Iraq in the first place!!!

:mad:
rocktivity

[hedgehog]

4. I've heard this song before. Drag us into an unneeded war,

drag us into an unwinnable war, then say more people have to be killed and mutilated to justify those already dead and mutilated.

[BOSSHOG]

5. Yes dick share your precious values with us

More American kids must die tomorrow so those that died yesterday did not die in vain. Your lies wasted lives dickhead. Get a brain Moran.

Conservatives are pure fucking ignorant hateful evil motherfuckers. They make me post cusswords too.

[Vickers]

6. What would Dick-head know about military and sacrifice?

:shrug:

Maybe if he'd spent ONE FUCKING DAY in the military he'd have a better appreciation.

Five fucking deferments...fuck off.

[Solly Mack]

7. As if

that war criminal gives a fuck


It pisses me off to no great end that he's not in prison where he belongs. (and not just him)

Has America no shame? War criminals on parade..TV, newspapers...popping up all over..writing books.

[marylanddem]

8. This hideous piece of shit continues his blood-lust?

Is he fucking Satan incarnate? He can't get enough of death. He sickens me.

[jeff30997]

9. What?

"But I would not want to see the U.S. waste all the tremendous sacrifice that has
gotten us to this point"

You are one of the peoples that are the most responsible for this situation,for
the death of thousands of U.S troops plus the killing of countless Innocent peoples.
You sacrificed those peoples so your stinking rich buddies and yourself could make
huge and obscene profits.

You are a twisted,greedy bastard Dick. :grr:

[cbdo2007]

10. I believe an Iraq invasion wasted the sacrifice of U.S. Troops.

[spanone]

11. perpetuate the crime....fuck you dick chenee

[Orsino]

12. Most of their sacrifices were wasted, unfortunately.

Americans need to stop pretending otherwise, or we'll fall for their next war, too.

[Johonny]

18. I'm pretty sure they stay dead no matter what

It's only a question of how many more need to be wasted on Cheney's war of aggression.

[Subdivisions]

13. How DARE him! Bastard! n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Fuck this treasonous prick!

We need to stop accepting people that refuse to admit this man is a criminal and allow that there was any other reason for attacking Iraq other than oil. Playing nicey nice with this asshole has gone on long enough.

[malaise]

15. Will this fucker ever croak

Good fugging grief - STFU.

[kentuck]

16. This SOB is insane!

It wasn't a waste to put them in the front of an invasion that was unnecessary and internationally illegal, but it is a waste now if we pull them out??

[Uncle Joe]

17. The majority of the American People felt the same way on 12/12/00

about the wasting of all the "tremendous sacrifice" of every American having died in every previous war fighting for our so called freedoms and democracy only to see you and your hand puppet; thwart the will of the people; by getting your cronies on and off the Supreme Court to take the Peoples' right to have their votes counted in a fair and honest way.

That first action was a sign of your cowardice; which would brand your administration from beginning to end, so go Cheney your self!

[bullwinkle428]

19. I think this comic strip (from Saturday's paper) says it all!

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20090627&name=Bizarro