Cheney: Forget WMDs, Iraq invasion correct

In an interview with Tim Russert, Cheney said that even if the intelligence would have shown that Iraq didn't have WMDs, he would have still invaded.

This is a stunning thing to say because the public justification for invading was WMDs. Notice too that he says they would have invaded anyway "because it was the right thing to do". He doesn't provide much evidence to support this statement. Why was it the right thing to do? As usual with the Bush administration, we are required to just believe them. The only support he gives is that Saddam had WMDs in 1991. Saddam's capabilities in 1991 have nothing to do with his capabalities in 2003. The justification for invasion was that Saddam was a threat to the United States and it has now been shown beyond a shadow of doubt that was not true. Yet Cheney would still invade. On what grounds? I can only conclude it was on the grounds that it was in the plans from day 1 so the reason didn't matter.