Dick Cheyney on why invading Iraq would be a bad idea.

In this interview from April 15th, 1994, Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein wouldn’t be a great idea. He also stipulates that “not very many” American soldiers’ lives were worth losing to take out Saddam during the Gulf War.

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So, Mr. Cheyney, what changed between 1994 and 2002 – aside from the complete destruction of Iraq’s infrastructure, 8 years of sanctions, and over a million deaths from starvation? Cuz it seems to me that those are the kinds of things that would make a country weaker, not stronger. So if Sadaam wasn’t a threat in ’94 how could he possibly have been a threat in ’02? We all know the WMD’s were bullshit after all… could it have been that Sadaam was pumping more oil then the US wanted him too and driving down the price of Texas Crude? No, no, of course not… And no doubt it’s a complete coincidence that since the US took over Iraq’s oil fields global gas prices have taken a huge jump, netting you and your oil business buddies a huge windfall in profits. not to mention Haliburten.

Posted: August 10th, 2007 under politrix, video.
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