What did Dick Cheney predict about war in March 2003?
Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States ·
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
4,492 U.S. troops killed
Cheney said the U.S. would be greeted as liberators. The war and occupation lasted nearly nine years, and 4,492 U.S. service members died.
The war and occupation lasted nearly nine years, from March 2003 to December 2011. 4,492 U.S. service members died (Defense Department data compiled by the Congressional Research Service).
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- NBC, “Meet the Press” with Tim Russert.