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A new website and a video, announcing they would be forming a new organization to try to keep alive the cheneyite faction of war. how is that going to affect things in washington now? joining us now is barton gelman, author of angler, the cheney vice presidency, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> let me ask the most present question first, which is, whether or not will is a strong and willing audience now for dick cheney and his efforts to not just keep his ideas alive, but to put a shin...

Iraq all sort of nicely wrapped up in a bow, problem solved, mission accomplished. they left with a big mess on their hands, and it was cheneys idea in the first place, he did not want a long term occupation, he wanted to stand up a government to stand up security forces and get the heck out. it is he who made the bed with one of the shiite dominated government, he hoped it -- they settled for maliki, it didnt work out. theyre repeating the fruits of the policy he created. >> which outrages him ...

Writing that on her own, all that stuff would be gone. >> in terms of the substantive legacy of the cheney vice presidency, and especially with regard to war. as the president and congress grapple with whether or not the united states is going to do something else militarily in iraq now, is there substantive legacy of the way that cheney changed the approach to war as american policy? that the united states now has to decide whether to walk back or continue with? >> well, one of cheneys big stra...

Circulating in the press right now, lots of iraq war cheerleaders who made false statements and wrong predictions are all now still around being quoted again. insists on expressing their opinion over questions about u.s. military intervention in iraq now, and all of these folks from john mccain to lindsey graham so bill crystal, judy miller, and all of them, theyre all really testing the limits of whether there really are no consequences for foreign policy disgrace and failure, as long as youre ...

Meeting today with president obama about the absolutely terrible situation in iraq. iraq has requested u.s. air strikes to help in its ongoing struggle against sunni militants there. the united states has agreed to send 275 troops who will be combat equipped to protect american assets and lives in the region. the president updated the leaders today. the president asked each of the leaders for their view of the current situation, and pledged to continue consulting closely with congress going-forw...

Confirmed that the 9/11 hijacker met with a senior official in prague last april. that did not happen. dick cheney in 2002, theres no doubt saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that was not true. dick cheney in 2003, my belief is, we will in fact be greeted as liberators, i think it will go relatively quickly in weeks rather than months. dick cheney claiming repeatedly that iraq was behind 9/11, al qaeda and iraq were working together. dick cheney saying in 2005 that iraq was in his v...

About, its been pretty well confirmed that the 9/11 hijacker met with a senior official in prague last april. that did not happen. dick cheney in 2002, theres no doubt saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that was not true. dick cheney in 2003, my belief is, we will in fact be greeted as liberators, i think it will go relatively quickly in weeks rather than months. dick cheney claiming repeatedly that iraq was behind 9/11, al qaeda and iraq were working together. dick cheney saying in...

About, its been pretty well confirmed that the 9/11 hijacker met with a senior official in prague last april. that did not happen. dick cheney in 2002, theres no doubt saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that was not true. dick cheney in 2003, my belief is, we will in fact be greeted as liberators, i think it will go relatively quickly in weeks rather than months. dick cheney claiming repeatedly that iraq was behind 9/11, al qaeda and iraq were working together. dick cheney saying in...

No one can see what happened as a victory, the bush administration did not hand over to the incoming president use of iraq all sort of nicely wrapped up in a bow, problem solved, mission accomplished. they left with a big mess on their hands, and it was cheneys idea in the first place, he did not want a long term occupation, he wanted to stand up a government to stand up security forces and get the heck out. it is he who made the bed with one of the shiite dominated government, he hoped it -- th...

Can see at all the way that he is seen by other people? does he know why he had a 13% approval rating when he left office? >> well, he thinks he had a 13% approval rating because the american people didnt understand what it takes to protect them. hes convinced of his rightness, he thinks the public is fickle and not very well informed. and he, therefore, uses a fairly sort of blunt hammer in trying to form public opinion. not as blunt as other members of his family. in the cheney family, he is t...