While VP DIck Cheney throws around innuendos of treason for Congressmen who want to cut funding for the Iraq War . . .
Speaking before a packed crowd at the Washington Convention Center, Cheney said it was one of several disturbing "myths" that one could support the troops and at the same time not give them what their commanders say they need to win. Fox News
Like body armor?
Other myths are that Iraq is not central to the war on terrorism and that withdrawing from Iraq would somehow help the war on terrorism, the vice president said.
He's right. Iraq is now central to the "war on terrorism". Of course, Iraq wasn't central to the war on terrorism until our invasion caused Al Qaeda to swarm in and start killing people. As for whether or not our withdrawal would help or hinder the war on terrorism, his strawman argument is duly noted.
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