Mission creeps

Dubya is confusing Atrios:

Two Missions

So last week the preznit told us we were fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here.

This week he's telling us that we're there to spread Democracy.

It's simple. The Iraqi insurgents have already said they model themselves on Sinn Fein, and now so does Bush:

Who here really believes we can win the war through the ballot box? But will anyone here object if, with a ballot paper in this hand and an Armalite in the other, we ... [Karl, fill in the latest poll-tested phrase here. Txs. GWB]