Republican Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina said Saturday that
former Vice President Dick Cheney would likely end up in hell because
of his role in the Iraq war.

At a Young Americans for Liberty conference, Jones said it was
impossible under current law to prosecute a president for
intentionally manipulating intelligence reports to make the case for
war. He explained he co-authored a bill to change the law, but the
legislation was killed in committee by his Republican colleague Lamar
Smith of Texas.

“I have no malice towards Lamar, I have respect for him,” Jones
remarked. “But that again is the problem. Congress will not hold
anyone to blame. Lyndon Johnson’s probably rotting in hell right now
because of the Vietnam War, and he probably needs to move over for
Dick Cheney.”

Jones initially voted in favor of the Iraq war in 2002. He infamous
called for “French fries” to be renamed “freedom fries” after France
refused to support the U.S. invasion of the country.

The conservative Christian turned against the war after witnessing
American causalities and once it became clear Iraq was not building
any weapons of mass destruction.