On Monday, George W. Bush said the following…
It's up to Iran to prove to the world that they're a stabilizing force as opposed to a destabilizing force. After all, this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon.
He was instantly criticized from a number of sources which argued that Iran has proclaimed no such thing. This morning in his press conference, he phrased it this way…
They have expressed their desire to be able to enrich uranium which we believe is a step toward having a nuclear weapons program.
Okay, that second one seems closer to the truth. But isn't this the kind of thing the President of the United States ought to be a little more careful about getting right the first time? Or was the first statement a deliberate attempt to see if he could ratchet up the public paranoia a notch without being corrected?