Cheney Cherry Picks Iraq Facts (DNC fact sheet on Cheney's Exuberance)

[Roland99]

I don't recall seeing this posted before and I just came across it:

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/03/cheney_cherry_p.php

Vice President Cheney today marked the third anniversary of the war in Iraq by using cherry-picked facts to paint a rosy picture that doesn’t match the reality on the ground in Iraq. Echoing his claim three years ago that our troops would “be greeted as liberators” and his claim ten months ago that the Iraqi insurgency was “in its last throes,” Vice President Cheney today said insurgents had “reached a stage of desperation.”

But the facts on the ground simply do not support Cheney’s rhetoric. As American troops begin their fourth year in Iraq with the largest air assault since the invasion, the country is slipping into civil war and basic services aren’t being provided to the Iraqi people. As Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha noted on Meet the Press, Iraqis have electricity just 10 hours a day, only 30 percent of Iraqis have clean water, and 40 percent of Iraqis are unemployed.

“Just like this Administration cherry-picked intelligence to build their case for war, Vice President Cheney today tried to cherry-pick the facts to paint a rosy picture that simply doesn’t match the reality in Iraq,” said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. “The American people can see the truth for themselves every day. We don’t need more of the same permanent commitment to a failed strategy from this Administration. The American people know that we need to change course in Iraq, so 2006 can be a year of transition in which the Iraqi’s truly take control of their country.”

The following is a fact sheet from DNC Research on Vice President Cheney’s irrational exuberance on Iraq:

The fact sheet that follows is awesome in debunking Cheney's putridly rosy statements.

[Roland99]

1. BTW, how many times have the liberal media plastered this on the TV?

Zero.
Zilch.
Zip.
Nada.