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But, we were greeted as liberators...and no one ever said the war would pay for itself, nor did anyone ever say we'd be out in a year...Posted by: Mark Noonan

It is simply amazing to me that people are still spouting this swill. We were not greeted as liberators, and Rummy and his buddies most certainly did say the war would pay for itself, and they also did say we'd be out in a few months, tops! Un fucking believable!

UPDATE 5/24/06: These posts followed:

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz: “There’s a lot of money to pay for this that doesn’t have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people [House Committee on Appropriations Hearing on a Supplemental
War Regulation, 3/27/03]

State Department Official Alan Larson: “On the resource side, Iraq itself will rightly shoulder much of the responsibilities.[Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Iraq Stabilization, 06/04/03]

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld“Well, the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up with a number that's something under $50 billion for the cost." 1/19/03

Feb. 7, 2003 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, to U.S. troops in Aviano, Italy: "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

March 16,2003 Vice President Cheney, on NBC's Meet the Press: "I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months."

But, we were greeted as liberators...and no one ever said the war would pay for itself, nor did anyone ever say we'd be out in a year...Posted by: Mark Noonan

Posted by: axis

This was Mark's reply:

Axis, As I said, we were greeted as liberators...additionally, your Rumsfeld quote has to do with the initial invasion period (once again, selective, out-of-context quotes from a lefty...what a surprise), while the a great deal of the cost of Iraqi reconstruction has come out of Iraqi oil revenues...and, as I said, no one ever said we'd be out in a year, or that it would pay for itself...even your quotes don't say that...
Posted by: Mark Noonan

I guess it's painfully obvious that the president is going down with his faithful 28%. They're like rabid dogs that bite and don't let go. Grrrrrr.