Dick Cheney when asked what he did during Vietnam, replied, - "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."
Dick Cheney now when he wants others to do the fighting;"The only way to lose this fight is to quit and that is not an option."
"Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Iraq Sunday under heavy security, touring the country after parliamentary elections that he suggested were a major step toward drawing down U.S. forces".
"Those of us who served and those of us who went in the military don't like it when someone like a Dick Cheney comes out and he wants to be tough. Yeah, he'll be tough. He'll be tough with somebody else's blood, somebody else's kids. But not when it was his turn to go'." Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, and former Navy fighter pilot