President admits a mistake! (sort of)

President Bush admitted a mistake.

My initial instinct was to shout, "STOP THE PRESSES!!!"

I thought for a second that accountability, a fate more painful than Ebola, had infected the White House.

But then I realized he was admitting a mistake made not by himself, but by the intelligence community.

"Many intelligence agencies judged that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and it's true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," he said in a speech today.

He also insisted, "Saddam was a threat, and the American people and the world is better off because he is no longer in power."

So if Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, then how was he a threat to the American people?

Or maybe I should starting 'supporting our troops' by ceasing these infernal logic-based questions about their commander-in-chief's incompetent decisions that puts them; incompetent decisions that put them, more than anyone else, in harm's way.

Maybe I should stop giving 'aid and comfort to the enemy' by pointing out that the president's insane policies have made us far less safe and far more vulnerable than before. Sure, Bush's belligerence has been a Godsend to the terrorist recruiters, but I can't talk about that for some inexplicable reason.

Maybe if I turned off my brain, slapped a flag pin on my shirt, slapped a 'Nuke 'em all and let Allah sort 'em out' bumper sticker on my car; maybe I should just intone the phrase 'support our troops' while supporting policies that do the exact opposite. Then I might be seen as a good American by the patriotically correct class.

Instead of being submissive, I think I'll opt instead for being a responsible American and repeat my question: Mr. President, if Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, as you acknowledged today, then how was he a threat to the American people? If you can't answer that question, then why should we trust your decision making in the future?