It’s kind of funny: President Bush announces in his speech on the surge that he’s moving a second naval carrier group to the Persian Gulf just after he finishes talking about the malfeasance of Iran. Everyone understands that this movement is to direct a show of strength at Iran. Everyone, that is, except White House spokesman Tony Snow, who told reporters that the new deployment has… nothing to do with Iran!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=181528