'We Will, In Fact, Be Greeted As Liberators' - Cheney

[SHRED]

A blast from the past by the wicked "Mr. Burns":


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~From Meet the Press, March 16 2003~

Vice President Cheney: Now, I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. And the president's made it very clear that our purpose there is, if we are forced to do this, will in fact be to stand up a government that's representative of the Iraqi people, hopefully democratic due respect for human rights, and it, obviously, involves a major commitment by the United States, but we think it's a commitment worth making. And we don't have the option anymore of simply laying back and hoping that events in Iraq will not constitute a threat to the U.S. Clearly, 12 years after the Gulf War, we're back in a situation where he does constitute a threat.

Mr. Russert: If your analysis is not correct, and we're not treated as liberators, but as conquerors, and the Iraqis begin to resist, particularly in Baghdad, do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?

Vice President Cheney: Well, I don't think it's likely to unfold that way, Tim, because I really do believe that we will be greeted as liberators. I've talked with a lot of Iraqis in the last several months myself, had them to the White House. The president and I have met with them, various groups and individuals, people who have devoted their lives from the outside to trying to change things inside Iraq. And like Kanan Makiya who's a professor at Brandeis, but an Iraqi, he's written great books about the subject, knows the country intimately, and is a part of the democratic opposition and resistance. The read we get on the people of Iraq is there is no question but what they want to the get rid of Saddam Hussein and they will welcome as liberators the United States when we come to do that.

[renie408]

1. "Oooops!! My B!" n/t

[Ravenseye]

2. That Interview Really Steamed Me

It showed either a complete incompetence, or just the outright deception of BushCo. As an Iraqi-American, I knew myself very well what would happen, as did every family member in and out of Iraq that I spoke with.

The people that they had to the White House were people with either axes to grind, or they had never lived in Iraq, or were only interested in their own power position.

Ah well, never happened I guess.

[rpannier]

3. He really meant...Librarians

...greeted as librarians

[renie408]

4. OMG!! I just sprewed coffee on my keyboard....that was funny. n/t

[Jacobin]

5. This was 'taken out of context'

If you read everything he said for three days before that interview and three days afterward, then it is in context and he really didn't mean what that out of context quote said. Plus, by reading for days before and days after, you will be confused and bored by all the blather and stop pointing out this embarrassing statement. :-)

See how easy that is?

:crazy:

[snippy]

6. So where are the floral program related activities? n/t

[calimary]

7. True. Or how about the bush/cheney speciality:

Whoppers-of-Mass-Distraction-Related-Program-Activities.

Hey, 19 - you're a complete schmuck! And you can't escape it. Not with all that archive video out there all over the place. You said it. Loud and clear. Repeatedly. Schmuck!

Lying, cheating, scheming, greedy, traitorous, murderous SCHMUCK.

[MN ChimpH8R]

8. Chalabi and Curveball

were the only "Iraqis" that UnKKKa DicKKK ever talked to and they told him just what he wanted to here. Cheney is criminally insane.

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. polls of Iraqi opinion on the whole matter...

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m17469&date=05-nov-2005_03:0

"Some polls have asked Iraqis specifically about the presence of U.S. troops, and guess what: they want us to leave. A February poll by the U.S. military, cited by the Brookings Institution, found that 71 percent of Iraqis "oppose the presence of Coalition Forces in Iraq." This poll was taken only in urban areas, but others have found much the same sentiment. According to a January 2005 poll by Abu Dhabi TV/Zogby International, 82 percent of Sunni Arabs and 69 percent of Shiite Arabs favor the withdrawal of U.S. troops either immediately or after an elected government is in place."

and this one is a from the British Ministry of Defense

link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/23/ixportaltop.html

"Forty-five per cent of Iraqis believe attacks against British and American troops are justified - rising to 65 per cent in the British-controlled Maysan province;

• 82 per cent are "strongly opposed" to the presence of coalition troops;

• less than one per cent of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security;

• 67 per cent of Iraqis feel less secure because of the occupation;

• 43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace and stability have worsened;

• 72 per cent do not have confidence in the multi-national forces."

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Here is another link regarding polls of Iraq opinion:

http://www.comw.org/pda/0501br17append.html