Thursday, April 08, 2004

I agree with Dick Cheney?

Actually yes. In a speech on April 29, 1991, regarding regime change, Dick Cheney gave the following remarks. They were in response to critics who claimed the U.S. had prematurely curtailed its military campaign in the first gulf war, short of toppling Saddam Hussein.

"once we'd done that and we'd gotten rid of Saddam Hussein and his government, then we'd have had to put another government in its place.

What kind of government? Should it be a Sunni government or Shi'i government or a Kurdish government or Ba'athist regime? Or maybe we want to bring in some of the Islamic fundamentalists? How long would we have had to stay in Baghdad to keep that government in place? What would happen to the government once U.S. forces withdrew? How many casualties should the United States accept in that effort to try to create clarity and stability in a situation that is inherently unstable?

I think it is vitally important for a President to know when to use military force. I think it is also very important for him to know when not to commit U.S. military force."

I think so too.

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