Re: Cheney, in 1994, Warning That An Invasion of Iraq Would Lead to 'Quagmire'

[rms () computerbytesman com]

I wonder who changed Cheney's mind between 1994 and 1998.

Richard


> So the real ironies of this are:
>
> The current President must think for himself.
>
> Cheney isn't a war monger.
>
> I'm sure there are more...
>
> One difference between then and now is that Bush 1 got a coallition
> together
> based specifically on NOT invading Iraq. Bush 2 pulled one together in
> order
> to invade Iraq.
>
> On 8/14/07, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> > Wow!  Cheney certainly got it so right in 1994.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
> >
> >
> > Video Surfaces of Cheney, in 1994, Warning That An Invasion of Iraq
> > Would
> > Lead to 'Quagmire'
> >
> > http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content
> > _id=1003624798
> >
> >
> > A: Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There
> > wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been a U.S.
> > occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to fight
> > with
> > us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq.

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