Dick ( Darth Vader ) Cheney still stays in his bunker of denial periodically emerging to repeat his ongoing mantra of imminent victory in Iraq while thousands die, millions starve and no one listens to his baseless predictions: Allen L Roland
With his national approval ratings at an all-time low of 11% ~ Dick Cheney continues to forecast victory in Iraq to a flabbergasted and incredulous American public.
As the New York Times wrote in 2004 ~ " The vice president's myopia suggests a breathtaking unwillingness to accept a reality that conflicts with the administration's preconceived notions "
Keith Olbermann blasts both Cheney and Bush over the cover up of the recent NIE report on Iran correctly identifying Cheney as the shadow president " an unapologetic war-monger who has long been seeing a world visible only to himself." and Bush as a " bold faced liar ~ who does not deserve to be President. " ( Eight minute must see video )
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18847.htm
Draped in patriotic self righteousness Cheney continues to delude himself while the specter of impeachment draws closer. His new mantra is " Democracy in Iraq by January 2009 ".
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/12/07.html
IRAQ -- CHENEY PREDICTS IRAQ WILL BE 'DEMOCRACY IN HEART OF MIDDLE EAST' BY JAN. 2009
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, and Ali Frick / American Prtogress Report
12/06/07
In an interview with the Politico yesterday, Vice President Dick Cheney said that by Jan. 2009, he is "confident" Iraq will be in "good" enough shape that the White House will be able to look back and say, "That was the right decision. It was a sound decision going into Iraq."
By 2009, it would be clear "we have in fact achieved our objective in terms of having a self-governing Iraq that's capable for the most part of defending themselves, a democracy in the heart of the Middle East."
Cheney has been pledging such a development for the past five years. In June 2005, he asserted, "We will succeed in Iraq. ...We will stand up a new government under an Iraqi-drafted constitution...it will be an enormous success story." Cheney also promised, "The victory of freedom in Iraq will inspire democratic reformers in other lands."
Despite Cheney's assurances, the White House is quietly scaling back its "expectation of quickly achieving major steps toward unifying the country," and in July, Gen. David Petraeus warned that the fight against insurgents in Iraq could take "decades."
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/12/07.html
Cartoon courtesy of Steve Benson / Arizona Republic
