From the White House News Summary:

In 13-Year-Old Interview, Cheney Says Iraq Invasion Would Be “Quagmire.” CNN’s Situation Room (8/13, King) reported, “In a 13-year-old interview now surfacing on YouTube,” Vice President Cheney “said that invading Iraq war would lead to a quagmire. The video now has almost a quarter-million views.” CNN (Tatton) added, “This is Dick Cheney in 1994 on the risks involved in going into Baghdad. Watch the clip now in the context of 2007 and you will see why it's one of the hottest videos on YouTube.” Asked if US or UN forces should have moved in Baghdad during the first Gulf War, Cheney responded, “No,” noting that “once you got to Iraq and took it over, and took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? … It’s a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq.”

Ain't that a kick in the head!

Not that Cheney ever answers for any of his words or actions, but I wonder what he would say if he had the inclination to respond.

On another note, however, that was 13 years ago. The world has changed, and we cannot expect people to act in the way we would have expected them to act 13 years ago. Just because the situation turned out to be exactly what Cheney said it would 13 years ago, does not mean that we should have expected. it.

Just saying that's all.