Rather than reaffirming the rule of law and the Constitution’s checks and balances, as Pelosi claimed, the new FISA “compromise” may have done the opposite, signaling that the President is above the law.

A recently discovered video dating from 1994 featuring Dick Cheney warning against an invasion of Iraq has been shrugged off by the Vice President's office who say they cannot comment because at the time Cheney was not Vice President.

The video appeared earlier this week on YouTube and shows Dick Cheney explaining that trying to take over Iraq would be a "bad idea" and would lead to a "quagmire."

"How many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth? Our view was not very many, and I think we got it right," Cheney said.

The video was posted by alternative media site Grand Theft Country, the on-screen source is the conservative American Enterprise Institute, who conducted the interview with Cheney on April 15, 1994.

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CBS 5 contacted the Vice President's press office Wednesday, where a spokesperson reacted to the video by saying: "He was not Vice President at the time, it was after he was Secretary of Defense. I don't have any comment."

Former U.N. Ambassador Richard Sklar told CBS "A number of us in discussions knew that it existed. None of us have seen it on tape before, and Cheney's office has always just poo-pooed and refused to discuss it,"

As secretary of defense Cheney had helped direct the Gulf War under Bush 41. Some criticized the first Bush administration for pulling out too soon and allowing Saddam Hussein to retain power in Iraq. Cheney had to explain the reasoning for this in the years to come, one reason why the neocon cabal was hell bent on invading Iraq, and had drawn up the plans before regaining power in 2000.

Cheney's office goes one better than Donald Rumsfeld who explained away the infamous video of him warming shaking Saddam Hussein's hand by asserting that he had no recollection of the meeting.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

Q: Do you think the U.S., or U.N. forces, should have moved into Baghdad?

A: No.

Q: Why not?

A: Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been a U.S. occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to fight with us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq.

Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of it -- eastern Iraq -- the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey.

It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq.

The other thing was casualties. Everyone was impressed with the fact we were able to do our job with as few casualties as we had. But for the 146 Americans killed in action, and for their families -- it wasn't a cheap war. And the question for the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth?

Our judgment was, not very many, and I think we got it right.

http://www.infowars.net/articles/august2007/170807Cheney.htm

This video goes hand in hand with George Carlin's "The Owners of this County".

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people."

Sadness- to the tune of John Lennon's, So this is Christmas

Of course nobody wants to be sad, that's why Americans turn and look away, they don't want to think about what our government has done. What would Jesus do, would he too turn and walk away?

Wow- What a powerful song and performance.

Pink - Dear Mr. President

"Our soldiers are sitting ducks in a shooting gallery.
If we really cared about them, we would bring them home."
-- Dennis Kucinich
mp3 of floor speech

Is anyone really going to disagree with that? I think it rings true, if we really cared about our young men and women, then we would bring them home.

Bring the Troops Home: Impeach

Our young men and women were sent to Iraq on lies, yet now we must stay.... just another lie- yet it's accepted as truth because the Democratic Leadership agrees with Bush. The new House Dem Leader supports the Repub plan to send more troops, & cutting the funding (how Vietnam ended) is not an option.

Hmmm, why don't the "Opposition Leaders" oppose the war?

It has never been more clear that the majority of Both Parties do not care about what the American people wish. They do not care about our troops, or about the Iraqis.

Quick facts on Iraq:

Most Iraqis want us out

Most troops want to come home within year - Feb '06 Zogby poll

The troops want out, the Iraqis don't think we're liberating them anymore...
But Bush says we're not leaving as long as he's president.

Why? Could it be the:

Billions per month defense contractors are "earning"

Control of the oil

Our permanent military bases and

a plan for global domination

Hmmm- which makes more sense- all that oil and power stuff, or the guys that lied to start the war telling us we must stay.

Another great quote from Kucinich:

Today, it was announced that 2,000 more Marines are being sent to Anbar province—a place which was already declared “lost” for the purposes of military occupation. Why are we sacrificing our young men and women? Why are we keeping them in an impossible situation?

Indeed, WHY are we sacrificing our young men and women?

Bush's claim that, "A failed Iraq would make America less secure" is completely absurd bull, especially coming from someone that might go to trial once the war is over.

And the- we're not leaving as long as he's president - seems to be a challenge- directly telling us:

The only way to Bring the Troops Home is to Impeach Bush.

First we hold Congress' feet to the fire. 50,000 telegrams to Congress forced them to hold impeachment hearings on Nixon....

Click here to print out this poster…

…fax it to…

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s Fax # 202-225-8259

Congressman John Conyers’ Fax # 202-225-0072

…and to other Members of Congress!

We can try that avenue, and if they don't act, then we'll have to start camping on the national mall. Beginning Now, ending when the nightmare is over.

Lots of profanity, but don't let that stop you- send the kids outside...

The poet Oscar Wilde said, "If you're going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh, otherwise they'll probably kill you."

Last week Rumsfeld came to Alaska and met with 800 family members of the 172 Stryker Brigade from Ft. Wainright. Reporters flew with Rummy on the plane, but weren't allowed into the meeting. Could this be why?

While hard to hear, it's certainly worth watching- it's good to see how much these military families want their troops home.

The question is hard to hear... she's asking Rummy if he can guarantee that another brigade was being prepared so that if their mission wasn't complete in 120 days, the 172nd would be replaced and not extended again. (followed by thunderous applause)

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A Father's Story: Donald Rumsfeld and the Families of the 172nd Stryker Brigade
http://alaskafreepress.com/node/47

A Wife's Letter to Alaska's "Representatives": Bring Home 172nd Stryker Brigade!
http://alaskafreepress.com/node/49