Q It seems like you're unwilling, as a matter of policy, to acknowledge that the President and the political leadership of this government might have miscalculated -- not in any fatal or even dangerous way, but might have miscalculated the response of the Iraqi army.

The reporter who asked this question below was trying his little heart out, but the question below is not well-formed. What's this "might have" stuff? Figure out what you want to ask, and ask it already!

Perhaps these guys should huddle ahead of time. "Okay, you establish premise 1, you take care of premise 2, bob will take care of premise 3, fred will do follow-up on any dodges, and Nigel will take it to the hoop. Break!"

After exposing the contradictions, with tom's questions, the question just above could have been. "These inconsistent statements indicate a fundamental failure of the president's senior staff to reach a common understanding regarding the likely response of the Iraqi army. Was this failure a communication failure or a planning failure?"

But I'm glad to see they took the time to delve into the freedom toast on the Air Force One menu.
- mark 3-29-2003 12:09 pm





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