Cheney and the Iraq War - Barton Gellman

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/23/Barton_Gellman_-_Angler_The_Cheney_Vice_Presidency

Author Barton Gellman discusses former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey's allegations that Vice President Dick Cheney knowingly promoted false information in the run-up to the Iraq War.

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Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, parts the curtains of secrecy to show how and why Dick Cheney operated and reflects on the legacy Cheney and the Bush administration as a whole will leave as they exit office - ALOUD at the Los Angeles Public Library

Barton Gellman is a special projects reporter on the national staff of The Washington Post, following tours as diplomatic correspondent, Jerusalem bureau chief, Pentagon correspondent, and D.C. Superior Court reporter. He won the Pulitzer Prize (2008) and the George Polk Award (2007) for his reporting on Vice President Dick Cheney and has won honors from the Overseas Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, and American Society of Newspaper Editors. He is the author of Contending With Kennan: Toward a Philosophy of American Power.

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[hamshow]

I see you are still drinking the 'kool-aid'. There are still people who think the Vietnam War was a noble cause..

History will prove that the Iraqi invasion was one of our most tragic foreign policy decisions ever made. Bush's legacy is finished...

[gizmo2084]

Oh, you mean the "surge?" Heheh...

Surge = US relinquishing power to Muqtada al-Sadr's Shi'ite militia over the former Sunni population. Three cheers for "islamofacist" in power! Ha ha ha!

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[stone1home]

Oh, sure it is. Of course, it is also a horrendous international war crime, a senseless slaughter of a million plus innocent people; has decimated our economy, weakened our military, destabilized global oil markets, and cost us our global standing. Other than that- my, what a tremendous success!

[stone1home]

I think you're correct about Cheney disappearing, probably to Dubai.

[MementoExpose]

how do you mean?

[ironbro42]

In a few months Cheney will be in Dubai, living it up with the spoils of his war...while we continue to disintegrate here in the US because our rep's in DC allowed us to be sold out to the super-rich, greedy bastards.

[LothairApoclyane]

We're a socialistically capitalist plutocratic democracy get it right! All Hail Mammon! Down with the little guy!

[blackiron60]

Strong-arming is a standard tactic in political systems where party discipline is strong - frankly, this sort of shit is not uncommon.

[USAJuly4th1776]

Iraq is a brilliant strategic victory in a sea of a constant partisan defeatist narrative.

[quinn2469]

Sadly, you're right.