Dick Cheney, 'It's Good To Be Back' In Iraq
 Monday, March 17th, 2008

The LA Times reports that a female suicide bomber killed 36 Iraqi civilians, and a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed 2 U.S. soldiers today.  This brings the total of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to 10 in the span of one week, as last Monday 8 U.S. soldiers were killed by bombing in Iraq.  Somehow, though, Vice President Dick Cheney was able to meander on over to Baghdad today unscathed, and literally said, "It's good to be back in Iraq" upon his arrival.

"It would be a mistake now," he said, "To be so eager to draw down the force that we risk putting the outcome in jeopardy.  And I don't think we'll do that."

"As we move forward, the Iraqi people should know that they will have the unwavering support of President Bush and the United States in consolidating their democracy," Cheney added.

Yeah, for, what--10 more months?  Until, hopefully, we elect a leader who actually represents the wishes of the American people?  Not that Americans wouldn't like to see a democratized Iraq - but the support for the invasion and continued occupation has been very low amongst the U.S. population in polls.

Just a little press op with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, for the fifth anniversary, as Dick Cheney likes to call it, of the Iraq War.  Except that he refers to it as "the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the campaign that liberated the people of Iraq from Saddam Hussein's tyranny and launched them on the difficult but historic road to democracy."

What an eloquent way to rewrite the term "war."

Cheney said nothing of the thousands of protestors worldwide who have expressed their opposition of the conflict in the Middle East this week.

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