"The only problem is that none of it has been true."

the nyt declares its view, loud and clear...

To avoid having to account for his administration's misleading statements before the war with Iraq, President Bush has tried denial, saying he did not skew the intelligence. He's tried to share the blame, claiming that Congress had the same intelligence he had, as well as President Bill Clinton. He's tried to pass the buck and blame the C.I.A. Lately, he's gone on the attack, accusing Democrats in Congress of aiding the terrorists.

Yesterday in Alaska, Mr. Bush trotted out the same tedious deflection on Iraq that he usually attempts when his back is against the wall: he claims that questioning his actions three years ago is a betrayal of the troops in battle today.

It all amounts to one energetic effort at avoidance. But like the W.M.D. reports that started the whole thing, the only problem is that none of it has been true.

"tedious..." yes, indeed, it is very tedious... like the old joke about the prisoners who told each other the same jokes so often that they assigned them numbers to save time, bush should give numbers to his speeches... then we could say, "oh, that was just old number 3..."

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