The Importance Of Credibility

During his appearance on Good Morning America on Wednesday, Dick Cheneywas told that two-thirds of Americans say the Iraq war is not worth the cost in lives, Cheney actually grinned and said, "So?"

It's a relief to know that after five years of war, the vice president is amused that almost 4000 Americans--and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis--have needlessly died because of the arrogance of the Bush administration.

It's important to note that Cheney is an expert on Iraq. He first established his credentials on the subject back in 1994 when he told an interviewer that if American troops continued on to Baghdad in 1991, Iraq would have become a quagmire. Then in 2003, two days before Bush launched the invasion, Cheney appeared on "Meet the Press" and delivered one of the greatest predictions since the days when Nostradamus walked the Earth:

"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."

And if that wasn't enough, Cheney topped himself in 2005 when he confidently declared the Iraqi insurgency to be in its "last throes."

So by gosh, when Dick Cheney defends the Iraq war, I'm certainly going to listen. The man has obviously established his credibility.