{"id":4459,"date":"2005-06-15T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/4459.html"},"modified":"2005-06-15T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2005-06-15T17:09:28","slug":"an-accidentally-good-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/an-accidentally-good-question\/","title":{"rendered":"An accidentally good question"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was, predictably, soft-ball city when Dick Cheney sat down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity this week<\/a>, but I have to admit, there was actually a good question in there. Hannity probably didn’t mean it to be, and the merit behind the question was purely accidental, but it’s a good question that deserves a good answer.<\/p>\n

Here’s what Hannity said:<\/p>\n

“You keep, in the administration, coming under fire for Iraq. We just had elections in Iraq. The security forces are growing in Iraq. There’s still an insurgency, but there’s a lot of progress. What do you make of how that war has been politicized? Where would we be today if we didn’t go to Iraq?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putting aside the hilarious notion that Sean Hannity disapproves of how the war has been “politicized,” the second question there actually raises a fascinating point. Where would<\/i> we be today had Bush not launched an invasion of Iraq under false pretenses?<\/p>\n

Cheney probably wasn’t expecting a real question, so his answer didn’t make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n

“Well, I think if Saddam Hussein were still in power, if Iraq were still a safe-haven for terrorists, if in fact he’d been able to continue the pattern of activity he’d undertaken in the past — remember, he’s the guy who did produce weapons of mass destruction, did use them against his own people and against the Iranians.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s kind of sad to hear Cheney even try to argue — two years after the fact — that we really ought to be grateful that we stopped Hussein’s non-existent WMD program. It’s enough to almost make me feel sorry for the poor vice president.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Hannity’s question is absolutely legitimate and should be posed frequently to other supporters of the war. Where would we be today if we didn’t go to Iraq?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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