Peace Pundit

In 1994, after the Gulf War, some analysts criticized the George HW Bush administration for not invading Iraq, occupying the country, deposing Saddam Hussein, and installing a new, pro-U.S. government. Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense in that first Bush administration, explained why that would have failed. His answer was clear and, as it turned out, prophetic:

Dick Cheney in his own words

It makes one wonder why he and Bush junior didn’t listen to Cheney’s own advice.

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