While Bush lies to America, Cheney works a tough room in Iraq.

Our own "Tricky Dick" was smuggled into Iraq to see for himself if his lies are real or not.

Check out some of the questions he got.

"From our perspective, we don't see much as far as gains," said Marine Cpl. Bradley Warren, the first to question Cheney in a round-table discussion with about 30 military members. "We're looking at small-picture stuff, not many gains. I was wondering what it looks like from the big side of the mountain - how Iraq's looking."

Ow! That had to sting a little.

Another Marine, Cpl. R.P. Zapella, asked, "Sir, what are the benefits of doing all this work to get Iraq on its feet?"

Oooh another body blow! But hey I thought the soldiers believed in the mission and were proud of their successes. That question does not appear to come from a soldier who is sure that what he is doing is right. He sounds a lot like we do over here. I think somebody has been bullshitting us. (Yeah like I am just now figuring that out!)

I love this part here.

Shouts of "hooah!" from the audience interrupted Cheney a few times, but mostly the service members listened intently. When he delivered the applause line, "We're in this fight to win. These colors don't run," the only sound was a lone whistle.

"Uh right guys? Right? Oh damn!"

I find this to be very telling reporting. The Associate Press did a good job with this. I was not sure what the troops were thinking. I have a much better picture now.