Recipient of 5 draft deferments to avoid combat Cheney: U.S. must show "stomach" to win in Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday the United States must show it has the "stomach" to win in Iraq or it will confirm al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's view that Americans can be pressured to leave.

Cheney defended the plan put forward last week by President George W. Bush to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq and said critics had not produced an alternative proposal.

U.S. allies helping in fighting terrorism -- Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Egypt -- must have confidence that the United States will not leave before a successful outcome, Cheney said.

"If the United States doesn't have the stomach to finish the task in Iraq, we put at risk what we've done in all of those other locations," he said on "Fox News Sunday."

[Clarkie1]

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:puke:

[Webster Green]

2. None of that dough will get any farther than Cheney and his boys..

Seriously.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

3. Yes, Dick will follow your ass to Iraq. You could perform mgmt

duties, right? Weren't they looking for gov't employees to assist in propping up their infrastructure? Yea DICK, man up!

Oh, and Take Rummy, you guys got tons of private and public experience. YOUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS YOU DICK AND RUMMY, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!".

[NNN0LHI]

4. Cheney is a real tough talking guy as long as he is hiding in his bunker

Reminds me of someone else from the past.

Don