Dick Cheney

The 'Frontline' episode 'The Dark Side', focuses on the Vice President and his role in "The War on Terror." He is the most important individual in involved in its execution. Here is a quote made by Dick Cheney on August 26, 2002 in the run up to the war: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us..... Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons......."

During this speech which appears to have taken place in front of a crowd of Vets, Cheney is forceful, he is direct, and he is authoritative in his demeanor and in his body language. He is speaking with tremendous power and confidence. Cheney also presented this speech numerous times including on TV, shows like 'Meet the Press' and such.

Of course nothing that Cheney stated then, turned out to be true. No WMD found, and yet he still continues with this direction.

Based on appearances of this same type given by Cheney in the run up to the Iraq War, there are those people who still literally believe these statements. This is stunning, quite the thing to behold. I regularly talk with a person who holds this belief, he maintains WMD were found.

No WMD were found whatsoever and the ordinary person can easily find this out with five minutes of light research. Even this week, 'the' Pentagon disputed Senator Santorum claims that WMD have been found. As Santorum is presently trailing by 15 percentage points in his Senate re-election bid, one can understand his recent flourish to instill yet again, the politics of fear and lies as stated by Dick Cheney. Curiously, Fox News has decided to ignore the Pentagon and run with Santorum's views. Fox News is reinforcing the notion that WMD were found in Iraq. Any ideas on where my friend gets his information?

Watch the Frontline episode here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/view/