Translation
Doublespeak has left us with confusing reports, so here are the simple sad explanations:
"In his approximately five-minute Oval Office address to the nation, the president cautioned that the war "could be longer ... than some predict."This has proven mor difficult than we imagined.
Bush said the first strikes were against "selected targets of military importance."We are going to bomb whatever is in our path.
The president added that the Iraqi leader has "no regard for convention of war or rules of morality." Bush said Saddam "has attempted to use innocent, men women children" as shields.We expect civilian deaths to be high, but we are going to blame Saddam.