'Nother story. "- - - denied - - - the Bush administration's war policy has been a sweeping "stay the course" commitment."
"In contrast to earlier White House statements, Bartlett did not deny a New York Times report saying the head of the U.S.-led Multinational Forces in Iraq and the U.S. ambassador were working on a plan that for the first time would set a specific timetable for disarming militias and meeting other political and economic goals."
Not just regime change, not WMDs, no nukes, not democracy, and now not even "stay the course".
He didn't choke on a pretzel, hell, a pretzel would slide down perfectly. He choked on a breadstick, which couldn't find it's way through the labyrinth.
Arf