Cheneyisms aka rhetoric

Cheney also recalled the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. servicemen, saying the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. troops to Lebanon sent the message that America would not "hit back hard enough."

"The terrorists came to believe that they could strike America without paying any price," Cheney said.

I believe the terrorists have proven that they will pay the price. Suicide bombers prove that. We have also proven that we will do what we want, whatever the price.

"The progress we've seen in Iraq has been superb and we can be confident going forward because the Iraqi people value their own liberty and are determined to choose their own destiny."

Superb? I would use many words to describe the Iraq war but superb was not one of them. I think while the path the freedom can be paved in blood, I don't believe it to be mandatory.