Five deferments kept him out of Vietnam, but he finally made it to a war zone. He's in Iraq today, probably making sure those insurgents are still in their last throes, which they clearly showed him isn't true:
A string of attacks killed 19 people, including two relatives of a senior Kurdish official, and Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit Sunday in which he suggested that Iraq's recent elections were a major step toward withdrawing U.S. troops.Yeah, what a coincidence he's there in time for the "big" speech tonight.
Cheney's visit, under heavy security, was so secret that even Iraq's prime minister said he was surprised when he showed up for what he believed was a meeting with the U.S. ambassador only to see Cheney waiting to greet him.
Cheney toured the country the same day President Bush scheduled a prime-time address on Iraq.
