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October 14, 2009

The Bush/Cheney Legacy: Iraq

A new report by the Iraqi government is giving hard numbers on how many Iraqis were killed/wounded in 2004-2008:

Killed: 85,694

Wounded: 147,195

And here are some highly relevant quotes by members of the Bush/Cheney administration:

"It is not knowable how long that conflict would last, it could last, you know, six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2/7/03

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." Cheney 3/16/03

"We know where (the weapons) are, they’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, north and south somewhat." Rumsfeld, 3/30/03

"Major combat operations have ENDED." George W. Bush, 5/1/03

"We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, 3/27/03

"Iraq will not require sustained aid." O.M.B. Director Mitch Daniels, 3/28/03

"A year from now, I’d be surprised if there’s not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush." Former Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle, 9/22/03

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." — George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration officials knew at the time to be false

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." — George W. Bush, May 24, 2005

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." — George W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001

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"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." — George W. Bush, March 13, 2002

"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." - George W. Bush, June 18, 2002

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." — George W. Bush, Sept. 6, 2006

Posted by Kevin at October 14, 2009 08:17 AM