Ironically, some of those same targets of criticism would later become fierce advocates of neoconservative policies. In 1992, referring to the first [[Gulf War]], then [[United States Secretary of Defense]] and future [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Dick Cheney, said: | Ironically, some of those same targets of criticism would later become fierce advocates of neoconservative policies. In 1992, referring to the first [[Gulf War]], then [[United States Secretary of Defense]] and future [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Dick Cheney, said: |