What did Dick Cheney predict about war in May 2005?
Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States ·
But I think the level of activity that we see today, from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.
2,695 more U.S. deaths by Nov. 2009
Cheney said the insurgency was in its last throes and fighting would decline. U.S. military deaths in Iraq rose from 1,674 in June 2005 to 4,369 by November 2009.
U.S. military fatalities in Iraq rose from 1,674 as of June 6, 2005 to 4,369 as of November 30, 2009 (Congressional Research Service, RS21578, using DoD figures).
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- Interview on CNN's Larry King Live.