Hot air

-By Ann Telnaes via Slate.com

Do I have an example you might ask? Why yes I do. How about this bit from President Bush from yesterday's press conference:

I also saw a threat in Iraq. I was hoping to solve this problem diplomatically. That's why I went to the Security Council; that's why it was important to pass 1441, which was unanimously passed. And the world said, disarm, disclose, or face serious consequences ... and therefore, we worked with the world, we worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world. And when he chose to deny inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him. And we did, and the world is safer for it.

But, as pointed out by Talking Point Memo, that is not what happened. Saddam did say the inspectors could come in after we got the resolution passed but President Bush chose war anyway.