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[Freedom's Lighthouse] Freedom's Lighthouse: VP Dick Cheney Says the Iraq War "Was Worth ...: We've got the violence level down to the its lowest level since '03, we've had three national elections, a constitution written, a new government stood up, a new army recruited and trained, the Iraqis are increasingly able to take on responsibility for themselves and we've now entered into a strategic framework agreement with the new Iraqi government that will provide for the ultimate withdrawal of U.S. forces.

[The Swamp] Cheney: War deaths worth it, 'I think so': The Swamp: For example, when you talk about Iraq, the extent of which the Iraqi population had been beaten down by Saddam Hussein was greater than I anticipated. That is, we thought that the Iraqis would be able to bounce back fairly quickly, once Saddam was gone and their new government established, and step up to take major responsibilities for governing Iraq, building a military and so forth.

[CJR] Stop the Ambulance Chasers! : CJR: Now that the war in Iraq is won, according to journalist-bloggers like Michael Yon, we can expect to see a virtual horde of journalists and pundits descending on America’s other war””the one in Afghanistan””seeking continued employment as instant experts on .In 2006, Sher Mohammad Akhunzada, the former governor of Helmand province (where the British attempted their 2007 outreach) recruited several hundred tribesmen to provide security for the province.

[Political Punch] Political Punch: Cheney Assails Obama Decision to Close Gitmo ...: From what I've read in major news stories, too many innocents have been incarcerated at Gitmo and in Iraq. Firstly, it would seem we can't be the good guys if we are going to go against the Geneva Convention.

[Truthout - All Articles] t r u t h o u t | Canada Expels US Asylum-Seeker: If Obama, Pelosi, and Reid let Bush/Cheney, the first openly co-Fascist dictators of the USA, walk away free of the crimes of treason (outing Valerie Plame) breaking Constitutional Law (privacy, habeas corpus), and International Law (Geneva Convention in regards to torture, kidnapping, and detention without charges), as well as the Iraq invasion and occupation, plus the theft of the Treasury through no-bid contracts and TARP, then the USA is no longer the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, but a descendant of any other empire that has come and gone, hoisted on its own petard of corruption and greed!

[CityBeat - Arts] Goodbye and Good Riddance: Nevermind a soaring budget deficit and a federal government that’s larger than ever, all while it seems .Meanwhile, Cheney and other GOP leaders are trying to push the story that we’re “winning” in Iraq because violence by insurgents is declining.

[Cafe Talk Aggregator] artappraiser's Blog | Talking Points Memo | Surprising, and made ...: “King Abdullah, the puppet king of Saudi Arabia, is not expected to ignore the demands of his American and Zionist masters and frown at what is going on in Gaza,” read a column in Iran’s most conservative newspaper, Kayhan, which is aligned with Ayatollah Khamenei. The paper also said, “one cannot expect Hosni Mubarak, who has on several occasions demonstrated his subservience to the Zionists, to open the Rafah crossing for the disaster-struck people of Gaza.”....

[Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com] Bin laden Tape Transcript: "The Crusader-Zionist Coalition ...: If the forces of the White House shattered on the rock of the mujahideen in Afghanistan, sank in the swamps of Iraq, Hence, the Israelis in a hurry to eliminate their opponents in Gaza and the replacement of Abbas and his authority to protect their backs, They this horrible massacre before the end of the Bush, and to increase visible American weakness And the veto system, which breaks down the world began to resound, and repugnant to rescind the vote, which had a glaring injustice and arrogance.

[Erick's blog] Lunch with the Vice President. Part 3: The War - Erick’s blog ...: Cheney said the administration did in depth study on the precedents involved, including looking at what the Roosevelt Administration did during World War II, much of which was upheld by the Supreme Court. Fast forward fifty years and the Supreme Court looked again, determined the White House needed Congressional approval for military commissions, then decided they still did not like military commissions after the White House obtained that approval.

[The Caucus] Senate G.O.P. Gears Up for 2010 Battles - The Caucus Blog ...: If voters forget Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Brownie, Scooter, Rove, Delay, Frist, McConnell, Brownback, Giuliani, Palin, Romney, Huckabee, and a host of other Republican Illuminati and the ill-fortune they have wrought, the party can gain some ground in the next election.

[Reidblog [The Reid Report blog]] Cheney and the football: He has that authority because of the nature of the world we live in."Cheney also told Wallace he tried to talk Bush out of firing Donald Rumsfeld in 2006:

[SWJ Blog] 6 January SWJ Roundup: Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

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