From the White House’s new "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq”
"It is not realistic to expect a fully functioning democracy, able to defeat its enemies and peacefully reconcile generational grievances, to be in place less than three years after Saddam was finally removed from power".
Donald Rumsfeld, 3/7/03:
"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months".
Vice President Dick Cheney, 3/16/03:
"I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months"
AL FRANKEN