Politico.com interviewed Cheney about the situation in Iraq in an article today, in which he boldly predicts that Iraq will be self-governing by January 2009. By then, he says, we will have "in fact achieved our objective in terms of having a self-governing Iraq that’s capable for the most part of defending themselves, a democracy in the heart of the Middle East, a nation that will be a positive force in influencing the world around it in the future." Good to see he's still right on line with his reputation for impossible and sometimes wholly false predictions. Congressional Democrats' responses aren't online yet, but I think we can read their minds.
The article also discusses the new White House belief that Iran poses no nuclear threat. Despite confidence in U.S. intelligence, he concedes that "there are things [intelligence officials] don’t know. There’s always the possibility that circumstances will change. But I think they’ve done the best job they can with the intelligence that’s available."
Note that a contributor to the article is John F. Harris of our very own The Way to Win.
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