It appears they [the Joint Chiefs] interpret cartoons as accurately as they do prewar intelligence.

If Democrats want to argue that the administration misrepresented and distorted the prewar intelligence, OK, that's one thing. But if they push the argument that they have been duped, fooled and victimized - well, to a lot of [independent swing] voters, they're just going to come across as weak.

They also look at the intelligence; they ask for intelligence advice from the intelligence services about is there a threat from this transaction, are there vulnerabilities of this transaction.

the administration's prewar statements were deceptive.

You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too.

I was staring at one of the most famous images of Santa Claus of all time — one by Thomas Nast, from Harper’s Weekly, 1881.