In his revealing 1994 interview, Cheney stated, "Once you got to Iraq and took it over, and took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place?" Describing the country as "very volatile," he said that after removing Saddam "you can easily end up seeing the pieces of Iraq fly off." He even mentioned the designs Iran would have on the nation. Forecasting the current disaster in Iraq that he has had such a large role in bringing about, he said, "It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq."
Regarding casualties, he noted that many "were impressed" that the coalition had accomplished its mission with only "146 Americans killed in action." Posing the question himself about "how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth," he answered "not very many."
John F McManus, "In 1994, Cheney Predicted That Invading Iraq Would Produce a Quagmire'", 16 August, 2007
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