We Never Had The Burden Of Proof?

Why the heck did they present all of that trumped up information in order to convince the American public that Saddam was a threat? Does this now mean we can randomly attack anyone we want at will because they cannot prove to our satisfaction that they aren't cooking up a plan to attack us? I don't know who listens to Dick Cheney anyway but I wish he'd shut up.

"Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday accused critics of 'corrupt and shameless' revisionism in suggesting the White House misled the nation in a rush to war, the latest salvo in an increasingly acrimonious debate over prewar intelligence.

Cheney also denounced proposals for a quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as 'a dangerous illusion' and shrugged off the failure to find weapons of mass destruction. 'We never had the burden of proof,' he said, adding that it had been up to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to prove to the world that he didn't have such weapons.

Following President Bush's lead, Cheney praised the character of Rep. John Murtha even as he voiced strong disagreement with the Pennsylvania Democrat's proposal last week to pull out all U.S. troops."

Another thing! Dick Cheney and the entire Bush team are hardly the ones who should be accusing anybody of being "corrupt and shameless!"