Cheney Five Years Ago: ‘We Will, In Fact, Be Greeted As Liberators’
Cheney Five Years Ago: ‘We Will, In Fact, Be Greeted As Liberators’
This Sunday will mark the fifth anniversary of Vice President Dick Cheney’s disastrous and uninformed prediction that U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq:
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. [3/16/03]
That same month — in March 2003 — McCain was parroting the Bush administration’s rosy talk, repeating on many occasions that “we will be greeted as liberators.” Cheney and the administration ignored numerous pre-war intelligence analyses which warned “that the U.S. would face armed resistance from Iraqis following the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime.”
After the war began and an insurgency took hold in Iraq, the two cheerleaders of the Iraq invasion attempted to argue that they had been proven right – that the U.S. was greeted as liberators in Iraq. In Sept. 2003, Cheney told Tim Russert that “we have” been welcomed by “most Iraqis.” And following Cheney’s lead once again, McCain said in Jan. 2007, “We were greeted as liberators,” adding that the Iraq war was “easy.”
Watch a compilation of McCain and Cheney’s remarks:
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Ronald Millhouse McWrong
March 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pmWhat a Dick.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:04 pmThe traditional fifth anniversary gift is wood. I suggest a baseball bat. Perhaps someone can knock some sense into this g__d___ idiot.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:05 pmI’m willing to bet money that by this fall W and Co. will start a war with Iran, using our navy, in order to swing the election to the GOP.
Mark my words.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pmConquistadors greeted as liberators, not likely.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:07 pmYes, we’ve liberated the Iraqis from their dependence on clean water, electricity, security, food and jobs….
March 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pmMr Cheney, I say this with all due respect:
Go f_ck yourself.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmFrosty Cupcake Says
Yes I also think Bush will start a war before the election and then say No war time president has lost an election
But he might get impeached for doing so along as he has sex with his dog
March 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmOh, I gotcha Lisa… the same things Americans love so dear…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmUnfortunately, McCain has yet to figure out them darn new-fangled gadgets called video cameras along with those YouTubes mingling with the other “tubes on that there internet thang”.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pmBut will the dog be willing to testify, Tobie?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pmSeems like it doesn’t matter how wrong these Reich-wingers are, or how often they’re wrong. There are still idiots out there that will believe their lies and distortions of truth.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pmtesting something…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm“The Republic of Stupidity Says: March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
But will the dog be willing to testify, Tobie?”
If the story includes a cigar, I really don’t wanna know….
March 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pmNah, they’d have the dog murdered long before it could testify.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pmO/T
NEW YORK – Bear Stearns Cos., one of the most venerable names on Wall Street, turned to a rival bank and the federal government for a last-minute bailout Friday to prevent it from collapsing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_bi_ge/bear_stearns
The Republican anti-welfare government at work!
March 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pmI’m sure that Iraq feels we are “liberators” much in the same way the Estonians and Latvians felt about the Soviet Union after the USSR liberated them from Hitler…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pmNo ifs, ands, or BUTTS, Wayne?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmok, I guess I’ll try this again because for some reason it didn’t show up:
Ahh yes, another item on the neverending list of completely accurate neocon predictions.
I can’t remember who said this, don’t know if it was Botch or Cheney, however it belongs on that list with the liberators comment:
Someone prophesied that if we attack/bomb Iran the populace will rise up, depose Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs, plaster our soldiers with kisses and roses in gratitude, and magically set up a pro-West democracy, JUST LIKE IRAQ.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmMr. Cheney, I’ll repeat what my good friend Zooey said, but without nearly so much respect.
Go f_ck yourself. Hard.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmFrosty, the polite term is “euthanized”.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmOh yeah, we liberating them alright, 1,000,000 liberated from their lives, 4,000,000 liberated from their homes, liberated the rest from secular cleansing, jobs, clean water, electricity, food, etc.
And we liberated ourselves from what we be 3,000,000,000,000 dollars, that could have given everyone healthcare, rebuilt New Orleans, rebuilt and repaired many bridges, schools, roads.
Yeah, we’re liberators alright, just not good ones.
Bush/Cheney
March 14th, 2008 at 2:18 pmHague Trials ‘09
And can someone explain to me again how:
Getting a blowjob and lying about it gets you impeached.
Hiring a hooker finds you resigning.
But lying us into war, and about 957 other crimes, gets you re-elected with libraries and book deals thrown in for good measure?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:18 pmFive years later, Cheney and Bush are so welcome to Iraq they must appear without notice.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pmMan this new keyboard (flat mac one) is killing my typing skills. Gotta start proof reading my posts more, argggh.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWhy hasn’t anyone pointed out that the word “Liberators” is just a little to close to the word “Liberal”? MY GOD, DICK CHENEY IS A MANCHURIAN VP!!! HE’S SECRETLY A LIBERAL IN DISGUISE!!!
March 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pmralph:
Gotcha. :)
March 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Mr. Cheney, I’ll repeat what my good friend Zooey said, but without nearly so much respect.
Go f_ck yourself. Hard.
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I’ll third that.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmOh, man. My Stupid-O-Meter is running in the red today, and my Outrage-O-Meter exploded into a million pieces two hours ago…
>:o{
March 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmWhen oh when will this black hearted criminal just go to hell already? Probably before he is brought to justice for his war profiteering.
28%ers- is profitings from the deaths of American soldiers patriotic? Just go slap another ribbon on pickup, morons.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pm# The Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
No ifs, ands, or BUTTS, Wayne?
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Mainly the Butts heh
March 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pmOT – Bear Stearns stock is getting DESTROYED today. It was down almost 50%!!
Take a look. This degree of disaster rarely happens on the NYSE.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BSC
March 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm“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.”
Sounds like an argument the Iranians might use if they chose to.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
But will the dog be willing to testify, Tobie?
Couldn’t they claim executive privilege?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pmI think the “Son of Sam” precedent establishes that dog’s can advise crazy people to do unspeakable things…
2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda
“Help me big, bad government out of my failed private-sector initiative, then return to drowning in the bathtub! I’ll pull your head out of the water when I screw up — again.”
“P.S.- Ignore the individual. Squat and shit accordingly. Thank you.”
March 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pmMcWars Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
O/T
NEW YORK – Bear Stearns Cos., one of the most venerable names on Wall Street, turned to a rival bank and the federal government for a last-minute bailout Friday to prevent it from collapsing.
** Sorry, didn’t see that you posted on this topic. I thought Republicans are against welfare. Oh yeah, they’re against social welfare, not corporate welfare.
Bear Stearns should just be allowed to collapse under the weight of their own corruption.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pmDick has been very busy in the pass 7 years working with Foreign investors and US Billionaires to get US taxpayers money. It worked very well for him as we see the Carlyle Group cleaned out the US Treasury. Now as we see Dubai was just sand 5 years ago, but with the input of the US Treasury money, it is now a country who pays for all it’s citizens education and health care. Yes Dubai is even loaning money to US banks. Talk about the biggest Robbery to the United States it was done by the current Administration while Americans did nothing. Smart move on Dicks part as he paid the Media to spread propaganda and while lining up corrupt people in every branch of Government. Yes even the Supreme Court has Republican puppets that will do as their told by the Republican party. Now if McCain becomes President look for the Middle East to have their own Stock Market and their currency will take over the US dollar. But all this is of no interest to the American people they just want a hand out and those rebate checks.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pm“Never mind what we SAID – take a look at all we have failed to DO, and how much it has cost.”
“oops – uh….strike that….just don’t pay attention or think, and we’ll take care of the rest”
March 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pmFrosty Cupcake Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
And can someone explain to me again how:
Getting a blowjob and lying about it gets you impeached.
Hiring a hooker finds you resigning.
But lying us into war, and about 957 other crimes, gets you re-elected with libraries and book deals thrown in for good measure?
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Because even Americans too obtuse to understand anything else can understand sex. Furthermore, sex scandals receive more press than any other kind of scandal because SEX SELLS. Good for ratings, you know.
A classic (and glaring) example of this was shown during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. America yawned when Thomas mangled his interpretation of natural law. American nodded off when Thomas said (with a straight face) that he had “no opinion” on abortion. But as soon as Anita Hill showed up, America sat bolt upright and grabbed their popcorn.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pmWell said 2million……, Let the market correct itself is what we hear from the “wiser” patriots.
Is Bush going to allow such a thing happen? It sure does look like something a commie would do. Maybe Tax Cuts will help.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pmWow – almost 40 posts and no trolls yapping about WMDs flying to Syria and how the world is so much better without Saddam. Amazing! Are they all on break>
March 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pm# 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
Bear Stearns should just be allowed to collapse under the weight of their own corruption
Absolutely, they should.
These wing-nuts can’t even keep to their own philosophy. I thought they said that nothing is guaranteed, that one should be rewarded based on merit.
Well, they’re being rewarded because of failure, while the individuals — those directly affected by their shady lending practices — are left suffering. This was a failure determined by their private sector cohort — Wall Street.
Our government is now a corporate support hotline.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pmBAGHDAD, March 2, 2008 (Reuters) – Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.
mr. irony
March 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pmActually what Cheney was referring to was being greeted as liberators by oil execs at their next secret meeting for liberating oil from that $40 a barrel ceiling.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:25 pmAmenJihad is nothing more than an ambassador, the mullahs still rule Iran and overthrowing him would do nothing.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pmWow – almost 40 posts and no trolls yapping about WMDs flying to Syria and how the world is so much better without Saddam. Amazing! Are they all on break>
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The GOP is experiencing some financial difficulty.
It seems they spend more than they take in (no suprise there!)
I think they are having trouble meeting payroll, so they sometimes have to allocate their resources to the more heavily trafficed sites.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pmIf the nation falls into a DEPRESSION because of this war, what should we do to Bush/Chaney? and After were finished with them, what should we do with Washington?
I heard the Canadian government is setting up special visas for Americans who wish to leave after the next elections. You know the draft is coming right? Especially if the Repukeagains maintain control.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:41 pmOnly the easily led would ever believe that an invading force from a foreign country, who not only look different but speak an alien language, eat different food, and have a different religion, could ever be greeted as “liberators”.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:12 pmThe Time for the War Criminal Richard Chenney to be handcuffed, and imediatly taken to Hague is overdue!
March 15th, 2008 at 3:14 amBecause even Americans too obtuse to understand anything else can understand sex. Furthermore, sex scandals receive more press than any other kind of scandal because SEX SELLS. Good for ratings, you know.
A classic (and glaring) example of this was shown during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. America yawned when Thomas mangled his interpretation of natural law. American nodded off hp f1739a battery,hp f1739b battery when Thomas said (with a straight face) that he had “no opinion” on abortion. But as soon as Anita Hill showed up, America sat bolt upright and grabbed their popcorn.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:11 am