Last Throes Blah Blah Blah

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May 30, 2005 — Dick Cheney:

"I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."

One year later:

The Pentagon reported yesterday that the frequency of insurgent attacks against troops and civilians is at its highest level since American commanders began tracking such figures two years ago, an ominous sign that, despite three years of combat, the US-led coalition forces haven’t significantly weakened the Iraq insurgency.