VP Cheney lives in the State of Denial.
From AP
US Vice President Dick Cheneytold US soldiers newly returned from Iraq that they had built "bonds of friendship" with Iraqis that may help win the war.
"Having been on the ground, all of you know that we've made progress -- not easily, but steadily. And we can be confident going forward,"
I don't question that individual soldiers have established good relations with Iraqis. But the notion that a friendly relationship has been established in Iraq is absolutely preposterous. Is that why October is on its way to being the bloodiest for US troops since the initial invasion?
What is he seeing to report that 'we've made progress... steadily"? I haven't heard ANYONE step to a microphone recently and make such a ridiculous statement. A British general says that our presence there is the problem, and Cheney says this?? Unbelievable.
The truly sad thing is that he knows what he said is preposterous, ridiculous, and unbelievable. He has to know it. And yet he says it anyways.
That's what passes for moral leadership in Washington, DC these days.
And this is where the parallel between Iraq and Vietnam becomes incredibly obvious (see below).
GP
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