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Cheney vow that US will take battle to Saddam
By Toby Harnden in Washington
(Filed: 08/06/2002)
Vice-president Dick Cheney has signalled the Bush
administration's renewed determination to take military action against Iraq despite
the reservations of Pentagon generals over the likely scale of casualties.
He said: "In the case of Saddam Hussein, we have a dictator who is clearly pursuing
these deadly capabilities. Saddam has also shown that he's willing to use weapons
of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney: 'We must take the battle to the enemy'
"A regime that hates America and everything we stand for must never be permitted
to threaten America with weapons of mass destruction."
The tough speech came after his aides were said to have been angered by recent
co- ordinated leaks from the six joint chiefs of staff warning against "Iraq hysteria".
The military jitters followed a White House briefing by Gen Tommy Franks, head of
the US Southern Command, which covers the Middle East, in which he said toppling
Saddam would require 200,000 troops and result in terrible casualties.
But Mr Cheney used an address to America's National Association of Homebuilders
to indicate that the Bush administration was firmly committed to using armed force to
overthrow the Iraqi leader.
Emphasising that "wars are not won on the defensive", he said: "We must take the
battle to the enemy and, where necessary, pre-empt grave threats to our country
before they materialise."
He continued: "This gathering danger requires the most careful, deliberate and
decisive response by America and our allies."
His comments seemed to show that the views of Mr Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, the
defence secretary, and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, were prevailing over the more
cautious counsel of Colin Powell, the secretary of state, and Pentagon generals.
Mr Cheney's words on Thursday were described by one defence official as "the
settled position of the Bush administration" rather than evidence of a split or an
attempt to strike back against the generals.
"Generals are paid to warn of heavy casualties and are understandably cautious
about committing their forces to military action," said the official, who dismissed
suggestions of a "revolt" by the generals.
"That does not mean they are not fully behind the president as the war on terrorism is
widened. Since September 11 we have all learned that the cost of preventing civilian
loss of life in America will inevitably be military casualties."
He added that Gen Powell had been reluctant to go to war against Saddam after Iraq
invaded Kuwait in 1990, but "the military followed the orders of the president's father
and victory was achieved".
Mr Cheney's speech was significant because it specifically named Saddam as a
serious danger to America. President Bush had used the phrase "take the battle to
the enemy" in an important speech to cadets at West Point last Saturday but did not
mention Saddam by name.
In a prime-time television address on Thursday night announcing a reorganisation of
"homeland security", Mr Bush sought to steel the country for difficult times ahead in
the "titanic struggle against terror" as well as reassuring people that progress was
being made.
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