On Iraq, Dick Cheney Used to Be a Truth Teller

Before he became Vice President, Cheney acknowledged that Iraq could disintegrate following a U.S. invasion.

By Uwe Reinhardt, July 15, 2014

Takeaways

• Neo-con arguments on invading Iraq were refuted in the early 1990s – by none other than Dick Cheney.
• Under Bush Sr., Cheney predicted the infeasible nature of a US invasion of Iraq.
• Obama receives the blame for issues in Iraq, for ordering a retreat that George W. Bush negotiated!
  
• The US media had a chance at redemption by holding neo-cons accountable on Iraq. They squandered that chance.
• Inexplicably, the Obama Administration refuses to defend its decisions on Iraq.
• Cheney himself did not agree with the neo-con stance on Iraq. So why does the US media blame Obama?
• Before he became Vice President, Cheney acknowledged that Iraq could disintegrate following a US invasion.