Yes, the insurgency really is in its last throes

Here's a transcript of Dick Cheney's comments on Face the Nation Sunday:

SCHIEFFER: Mr. Vice President, all along the government has been very optimistic. You remain optimistic. But I remember when you were saying we’d be greeted as liberators, you played down the insurgency ten months ago. You said it was in its last throes. Do you believe that these optimistic statements may be one of the reasons that people seem to be more skeptical in this country about whether we ought to be in Iraq?

CHENEY: No, I think it has less to do with the statements we’ve made, which I think were basically accurate and reflect reality, than it does the fact that there is a constant sort of perception if you will that’s created because what is newsworthy is the carbomb in Baghdad, it’s not all the work that went on that day in 15 other provinces in terms of making progress in rebuilding Iraq.

(ThinkProgress has a video, here; scroll down)

Here are some more statements by the Administration:

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." Dick Cheney, August 26, 2002 speech to VFW National Convention.

"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." George W. Bush, March 17, 2003 address to the nation.

"We know where they (WMD) are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad, and east, west, south and north somewhat." Donald Rumsfeld, ABC interview March 30, 2003

"We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so." George W. Bush, May 3, 2003 remarks to reporters.

"I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it now." Colin Powell, May 4, 2003 remarks to reporters.

"There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida ties." George W. Bush, quoted in the September 17, 2003 Washington Post.

Basically acurate?

They reflect reality?

Here's another statement:

"We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the Sept. 11 attacks." George Bush, quoted in the September 17, 2003 Washington Post.

That last statement, all government sources seem to agree, is true.

For the Bush administration, one out of six is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Iraq.