Cheney Worried That Iraq Withdrawal Will 'Waste' The Sacrifice By U.S. Troops

thinkprogress.org:

Tomorrow is the deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq, a date Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is calling a "great victory." But in a new interview with Washington Times radio, Vice President Cheney was still pushing the U.S. to stay in Iraq, saying that withdrawal would "waste" the sacrifice of U.S. troops:

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Comments

[OswegoKayaker]

Cheney has finally lost what little he had left of a rational mind. Or he just believes that Americas have very short attention spans and weren't watching when he was in power. It was the Bush Administration that brokered this Security Agreement deal. Bush insisted he didn't need congressional approval and had it re-worded so it did not. So he (read Bush/Cheney) set this all in motion.

[jimfl]

He has never cared about the troops this just BS.

[OhComeOnNow]

Sit down, be quiet, and fade away in retirement.

[k6007]

No one givesashit what he thinks!

[madatnewsmedia]

We wouldn't be in this mess, if Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld hadn't taken us into a war that couldn't be won! Cheney doesn't have the right to speak about anything Obama does!!

[Emerald1943]

Why is this man not in prison???????

Follow the money!

[LetMeUnderstandThis]

Hey Democracy is fueled by the people who want it, the Iraqi people have their elected government and are ready to take the next step. It won't be easy but they are willing to make the sacrifice, so let them take the reins of their destiny and shut up Dick!

[dillydawg]

Someone keeps leaving the gates of hell open.

[LABC]

LOL!!!! And he wanders out, putting out the flames surrounding him...

The Washington Times, true to its wingnut roots, puts his "concerns" as its top headline.

[Adartist777]

Cheney has no credibility in any discussion on Iraq. The fact that the media still interviews him is troubling. He is no longer in power and should get off the world stage.

It's unknown how history will view Cheney, but he may be seen as a profiteering despot.

[Bude]

Shut-up dick!

[sugarmoes]

lol!

[Doofus]

How could anyone call upwards of $1T (or whatever the
final bill will come to, over time), 4300+ US troops dead,
untold hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead, a waste?

[metalpipe]

Cheney received phone calls from several people (much more powerful and scary than he), asking for some support in their efforts to perpetuate eternal war. Being the good friend that he is...

[donttasemebro]

Says the man whose administration negotiated the agreement that is being put into effect today. The a$$hattery continues unabated.

[BlueFloyd]

oh yeah, good point

[truesteam]

This man makes no sense. Post Bush/Cheney I am not sure Bush was not the smart one. This statement indicates Cheney does not understand basic math.

[ThunderclapNewman]

He understands everything.
He's just in complete denial of the facts.

[discourse jockey]

You're giving him a lot of credit. I think he knows all the facts and deliberately speaks the opposite of what he knows to be true.

[justoverit333]

go take a nap old man. they never should have been
there in the first place. everyone knows that now.

[metalpipe]

Cheney's face is a physical manifestation of the 'bitter' emotion.