Today marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war. After nearly 4000 US soldiers dead, thousands more injured, countless Iraqis dead, disabled and displaced and Iraqi democracy a distant dream, Slate magazine asked some liberal hawks who supported the Iraqi invasion in the beginning but have changed their minds since, to explain in their own words, "How did I get Iraq wrong?" It is noteworthy that Christopher Hitchens, one of the loudest cheer leaders of this criminal policy, arrogantly claims that he didn’t.
Some pretend that they never got Iraq wrong and now brazenly promise that only they can set it right.
Then there are others who don’t know right from wrong.
Update: There is at least one person who doesn’t care if there is a right or wrong.
Five years after the start of the war in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney offered a positive assessment of the current situation and called last year’s troop surge a "major success."
"On the security front, I think there’s a general consensus that we’ve made major progress, that the surge has worked. That’s been a major success," Cheney told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz during an exclusive interview in Oman.
When asked how that assessment comports with recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it, Cheney replied, "So?"
"You don’t care what the American people think?" Raddatz asked the vice president.
"You can’t be blown off course by polls," said Cheney, who is currently on a tour of the Middle East. "This president is very courageous and determined to go the course. There has been a huge fundamental change and transformation for the better. That’s a huge accomplishment."
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One response to “Reflections On The Iraq War – Five Years Later”
On the one hand, “a general consensus” indicates progress; on the other, polls aren’t to be trusted. I gather he means a consensus among qualified officials and military advisers, as opposed to media-promoted random surveys of the general population. But once he dispenses with the polls, he sounds as if he’s muttering reassurances to himself about courage, fundamental change, and huge accomplishments. Finally, it’s all ipse dixit for Dick Cheney.
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