LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-23-2007

Vice President Cheney on the British decision to pull out of Iraq:

"Well, I look at it and see it is actually an affirmation that there are parts of Iraq where things are going pretty well."

THE TRUTH: The British people are even more against this war than the American people and with Prime Minister Tony Blair leaving the scene in a few short months, this policy shift is designed to allow his successor Gordon Brown (who opposes the war) to complete a pullout quickly without making it seem to be a drastic departure from a failed policy.

Vice President Cheney is grasping for any attempt to making this completely failed war seem successful because he knows that this will be his legacy as much as it is the President's legacy. Unlike previous vice presidents who had much more limited roles, he was clearly the architect of this policy along with his circle of friends who he brought into the administration with him and he will be remembered for nothing but this significant failure of judgment.