PHOTOS: Cheney calls Iraq war a "major success"

[Bluebear]

An Iraqi man grieves for a relative killed in a suicide car bombing in Shula, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2008. At least seven people died and 14 were wounded in the blast.

A US soldier stands guard in the area where a suicide car bomber detonated his load in Shula, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2008. At least 57 were killed nationwide on Sunday.

Residents grieve during the funeral for a shooting victim in Baghdad March 23, 2008. Gunmen in three vehicles opened fire, killing seven people and wounding 16 others in Zaafaraniya district in southern Baghdad.

Sgt. Major Chris Rodriguez pays his final repects to Sgt. Jose Gomez during his funeral service.



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Five years after the start of the war in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney offered a positive assessment of the war today and called last year's troop surge a "major success."

"On the security front, I think there's a general consensus that we've made major progress, that the surge has worked. That's been a major success," Cheney told ABC News' Martha Raddatz.

When asked about how that jibes with recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it, Cheney replied, "So?"

[Richard D]

1. It was a great success . . .

. . . for dick's buddies, the defense contractors.

[Yael]

2. There are just no words

:cry:

[Johnny Harpo]

3. Yeah! For His Wallet

n/t

[StarryNite]

4. He wouldn't be saying that

if one of his loved ones had died in "his" war.