A catastrophic success
by Robert Higgs
Independent Institute
12/21/04
On the campaign trail last October, Vice President Dick Cheney created a small stir when, speaking of the Iraq war, he declared: 'I think it has been a remarkable success story to date when you look at what has been accomplished overall.' In view of the rampant violence raging in Iraq, the widespread devastation of the country's human and material resources, and the dim prospects for its future peace and prosperity, Cheney?s statement seemed bizarre, and the Democrats seized on it as still another example of the disconnect between the Bush administration and reality. Yet, on closer inspection, we can see that the war has indeed been a huge success, though not exactly in the way that the vice president intended to claim...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1441
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Independent Institute
12/21/04
On the campaign trail last October, Vice President Dick Cheney created a small stir when, speaking of the Iraq war, he declared: 'I think it has been a remarkable success story to date when you look at what has been accomplished overall.' In view of the rampant violence raging in Iraq, the widespread devastation of the country's human and material resources, and the dim prospects for its future peace and prosperity, Cheney?s statement seemed bizarre, and the Democrats seized on it as still another example of the disconnect between the Bush administration and reality. Yet, on closer inspection, we can see that the war has indeed been a huge success, though not exactly in the way that the vice president intended to claim...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1441
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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