Dick Cheney was a leading advocate for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and asserted links between the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and prewar Iraq as part of the rationale for that policy.
March 20, 2003
high
policy
Cheney promoted intervention in Iraq and publicly argued that connections existed between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks, which informed his support for military action in 2003.