The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. Dick Cheney More Quotes by Dick Cheney More Quotes From Dick Cheney If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11. Dick Cheney successful heart war Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and opportunity. Dick Cheney weakness leader opportunity 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. Dick Cheney iraq people thinking The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. Dick Cheney mind war peace I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror. Dick Cheney connections iraq track Well, we've got a major effort under way to try to educate everybody, to let them know we have a zero tolerance policy where sexual assault is involved. Dick Cheney effort zero military Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization, supporting terrorists, and making payments to the families of suicide bombers. He also had an established relationship with Al Qaida -- providing training to Al Qaida members in areas of poisons, gases and conventional bombs. He built, possessed, and used weapons of mass destruction. Dick Cheney mass-destruction organization suicide Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow. Dick Cheney opportunity war lying I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we have done it? And I think absolutely. We have to be prepared now to take the kind of bold action that's being contemplated with respect to Iraq in order to ensure that we don't get hit with a devastating attack when the terrorists' organization gets married up with a rogue state that's willing to provide it with the kinds of deadly capabilities that Saddam Hussein has developed and used over the years. Dick Cheney order past thinking The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that. Dick Cheney mass-destruction iraq hussein Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true. Dick Cheney opposites war believe I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world. Dick Cheney iraq war thinking It’s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that al-Qaeda sent personnel to Iraq for training and so forth. Dick Cheney training iraq people It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws. Dick Cheney tyranny law men You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations. Dick Cheney focus responsibility jobs One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship with other governments, in terms of the willingness of other intelligence services to work with us, in terms of revealing sources and methods. And all of those elements enter into some of these leaks. Dick Cheney government intelligent work There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government. Dick Cheney connections als government I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf. Dick Cheney president war believe Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but that's not what I want. I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don't want to be a second-class citizen Dick Cheney gay home country I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right. Dick Cheney able heart thinking
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