You are mistaken.
Firstly, those who financed, supported and trained Al Qaeda Jihadists STARTED the war surreptitiously and by proxy, not Vice President Cheney.
Please get your fact straight, and I repeat: the United States was attacked on 9/11/2001. After months of investigation of all known data and information gleaned both nationally and internationally, it became increasingly clear precisely who financed it, who helped, who set up falsetto "religious funds" which were sent to Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, who trained and brainwashed the cold-blooded murderers based on lying propaganda, how they went about secretly planning to hijack airliners and hurt America's largest population and financial district plus a few other targets of opportunity that were thwarted after 2 planes hit the WTC and 1 hit the Pentagon with 1 crashed by the AlQaeda pilot who was losing control of the aircraft to take-control passengers and nosedived the plane to the earth killing all passengers aboard Flight 93.
Vice President Cheney did not seek to start or cause any war on the face of this planet then, before then, or after his term expired.
That is the underlying fact. And everybody in the Democrat Congress that decided to put President Bush in charge of retaliating against those who committed this atrocity and those who supported terrorists engaged in plots against this nation.
Secondly, the Constitution of the United States requires the President of the United States to provide for the common defense.
Middle East financiers and supporters sent over here brainwashed men who by craven orders from their al Qaeda bosses, drugged themselves before takeoff to target common citizens of the United States that venerable militias do not target.
Cheney was a former Secretary of Defense of the United States of America. Trust me, he does not favor war, he does not like war, he did not start any war, but he did do one thing. He agreed that the common defense against enemies and their supporters was a necessary thing to do under the Constitution of the United States.
All else is political spin and hackery aimed at destroying good men who stepped up to the plate when the lives of Americans were imperiled.
Vice President Cheney is one of the most honorable, venerable men who ever served this nation.
It's the people who snapped at his ankles on a nonstop basis for the past 11 years with nothing but innuendo and false claims that I question.
You need to take back your charge of Cheney trying to start a war with 2 nations.
Our country went after the terrorists in 2 countries who caused, supported, and planned the incident of 9/11/2001 against America. Before we even went into Afghanistan, President Bush engaged allies against terrorists to become part of a coalition against terrorist activities.
Am I stirring up any of your memories from current events of that time? Any at all?