Right Wing Losers

War: what they said and what the record shows

What right-wing public figures said about war, set against what happened and the record. 10 predictions.

  1. Alex Jones · 13 Jun 2025 · Prediction vs. outcome“BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Predicts That Within 3 Months Iran's Islamic Dictatorship Will Fall”
  2. Donald Trump · 10 Sep 2024 · Prediction vs. outcome“That is a war that's dying to be settled. I will get it settled before I even become president.”
  3. John Bolton · 1 Jul 2017 · Prediction vs. outcome“And that's why before 2019 we here will celebrate in Tehran.”
  4. Mitt Romney · 12 Nov 2011 · Prediction vs. outcome“Look, one thing you can know-- and that is if we reelect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon.”
  5. Pat Robertson · 2 Jan 2007 · Prediction vs. outcome“I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear … The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.”
  6. Dick Cheney · 30 May 2005 · Prediction vs. outcome“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…”
  7. Andrew Natsios · 23 Apr 2003 · Prediction vs. outcome“Well, in terms of the American taxpayers contribution, I do, this is it for the US. … But the American part of this will be 1.7 billion. We have no plans for…”
  8. Paul Wolfowitz · 27 Mar 2003 · Prediction vs. outcome“the oil revenues of that country could bring between 50 and 100 billion dollars over the course of the next two or three years. Now, there are a lot of claims…”
  9. Dick Cheney · 16 Mar 2003 · Prediction vs. outcome“My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.”
  10. Donald Rumsfeld · 19 Jan 2003 · Prediction vs. outcome“The Office of Management and Budget estimated it would be something under 50 billion dollars.”