White House insists troops surge ‘will get the job done’

“The critics have not suggested a policy. All they have recommended is to redeploy or to withdraw our forces. But the fact is, we can complete the task in Iraq. We’re going to do it. We’ve got Petraeus, General Petraeus, taking over. It is a good strategy. It will work,” the vice-president remarked in an interview that was combative at times.

Cheney said a Senate Resolution will not be in the interests of American troops in Iraq. “It won’t stop us. And it would be detrimental from the standpoint of the troops,” Cheney maintained. “We have consulted extensively with them. We’ll continue to consult with the Congress. But the fact of the matter is, we need to get the job done,” he said.

Cheney also said he believed Osama bin Laden was alive but would not get into the specifics of where he might be hiding. “I don’t want to be that precise,” Cheney remarked. “But look what we have done. We’ve taken out several times that whole layer of leadership underneath Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri.”