Cheney's live on Foxnews at the national press club right now..

No one could have anticipated the extent of the resistance. Once again, the neocons are responsible for nothing.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA

thanks to him and George and their shredding of the Constitution.

Another interesting thing he said was that he had underestimated the effects of the dictorial Hussein regime on the ability of Iraqi people to take the reins and govern themselves. He's placing the blame on Saddam, but that was clearly something the State Dept should have anticipated IMO. The facts were apparent; there isn't anything new that would have changed that 30 years of repressive history. It almost sounds as if he thinks they may not be able to govern themselves soon. Maybe he is laying the groundwork for long term control of Iraq (and the oil, of course).

He also said he didn't think anyone anticpated the level of insurgency response. I guess they didn't want to listen to Scott Ritter and some others who said the Iraqis would try their damndest to kick ass.

It appears that their confidence in their ideology is so strong that admitting variables is not possible for them. I really think it never occurred to them that they could be so profoundly wrong. This is why they won't admit mistakes - their ideology can't be wrong, which means that at worst they missed some necessary step in implementing the agenda.