Doublespeak alert: Bush slams “frenzy” over Iraq
President Bush and his aides are scrambling to cool what they deride as a “frenzy” over the prospect of war with Iraq, with signals that military action, if it comes, may be a long way off.
Translation: Our plans to invade Iraq met a firestorm of resistance so we’re backtracking and blaming the opposition for the firestorm we started.