Dick Cheney Quotes
The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.
Cheney, Dick. Interview by Sean Hannity. Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, 23 Jun. 2005.
Referring to the Peace between Japan and Russia which he had brokered and for which he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
After defeating the Iraqi Army in the field, bush allowed them to keep their arms, did not take Baghdad, and removed the allied troops. Saddam Hussein then attacked his own dissidents and murdered them with the helicopters that we let him keep and stayed in power. Bush’s son, two decades later, then started the 2nd Iraq war and deposed Saddam.
Ever since the end of WWII, no major war has been fought where there has been a classic victory where one nation is conquered by another and there is a surrender. Many of the wars have been fought against non-state actors or our war aim is a regime change or the establishment of a more friendly government. We have no desire to occupy the countries generally, and there is often no one “in charge” of the enemy who can even surrender. Bruce was referring to the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. In each case, despite the lack of a surrender document, it can be said that America won both of these wars initially and then had great trouble with the occupation, the nation building, and keeping the peace. In Iraq and Afghanistan we suffered almost no casualties in the initial invasions. The occupation and “peace” is where we suffered almost all of our casualties.
Islamic terrorists took over one of the major cities of Mali, a former French colony, and controlled the immediate area imposing Sharia (Islamic Law). The Mali government and military tried to prevent the takeover, but the military was too weak. The French President, with the support of the Mali government, immediately dispatched French special troops to Mali. They quickly defeated and ousted the terrorists before they could attract more Islamic jihadist fighters and before they could incite Muslims in other areas to try and take over to install Sharia.
Richard Bruce Cheney is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under George W. Bush. He has been cited as the most powerful vice president in American history. He is also one of the most unpopular American politicians, holding an approval rating of just 13% upon leaving office. Cheney has been the oldest living former U.S. vice president since 2021, following the death of Walter Mondale.
