Vice President Cheney Wanted To Bomb Iran

Photo: "I was probably a bigger advocate of military action than any of my colleagues," Dick Cheney said, regarding Iran and its nuclear ambitions. Fox News Sunday

Cheney Says He Was Proponent for Military Action Against Iran -- Wall Street Journal

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WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney hinted that, in the waning days of the Bush administration, he had pushed for a military strike to destroy Iran's nuclear-weapons program.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Mr. Cheney described himself as being isolated among advisers to then-President George W. Bush, who ultimately decided against direct military action.

"I was probably a bigger advocate of military action than any of my colleagues," Mr. Cheney said in response to questions about whether the Bush administration should have launched a pre-emptive attack prior to handing over the White House to Barack Obama.

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My Comment: I can only hope that history will prove him wrong. Unfortunately, Iran has made its intentions very clear, and nuclear weapons are (indirectly) a part of its rhetoric.