In 1994 Video, Cheney Explains Why Invading Iraq Would Be a Disaster

Posted on August 13, 2007

Ah, the power of video! It's a real pain in the neck for Vice President Dick Cheney, who in 2003 told us repeatedly that Saddam Hussein had WMDs, that we would be greeted as liberators and that it was great idea to invade Iraq.

However, in this revealing 1994 video, Dick Cheney calmly and authoritatively explains why it would be a disaster if the U.S. were to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. He even uses the "Q" word, saying that it would become a quagmire. Cheney -- and the first President Bush -- were right in 1994. Iraq is an unmitigated foreign policy disaster and we are now stuck babysitting the quagmire of a civil war.