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Hey everybody, here’s the video you’re all talking about — shocking proof that not so long ago, Dick Cheney obviously knew better than to invade Crazy Land and try to control it post-Saddam. We’re not sure why this video is suddenly going around today, because these points made by Cheney also appeared in the New York Times about 11 years ago and have been transcribed and quoted pretty regularly since 2003, but maybe it’s just easier to get things across with the talking pictures. The only real question is What changed Cheney’s mind?

We’ve read a hundred theories about the “real plan” for Iraq, etc., and none have come close to offering a clear explanation of the blood-soaked clusterfuck that is America’s Occupation of Iraq by people who knew from the start that they couldn’t successfully occupy Iraq.

We missed Laura Bush on the Larry King show the other night, because there’s no way in hell we’re watching Larry King Live, ever. But our beloved Firstest Lady made some interesting remarks about her husband’s catastrophe over in Iraq:

“And many parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody.”

Actually, most days go by without any Iraq bombings on television, but we get the basic idea — it’s the same idea boldly expressed on Iraq Occupation fansites: The Main Stream Media is not telling us the Good News about Iraq! MORE »

Dana Milbank has found the only US Senator in support of Bush’s Iraq plan, and he’s just as bright as you think. MORE »

If this is also the work of the six-year-olds you have writing the Panda headlines, tell ‘em their next drink’s on us. MORE »