WASHINGTON D.C. - In the Spring of 2003 President Bush told the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln that the conflict in Iraq had ended and gave a speech in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner. This past Monday Bush stated, "not only can we win the war in Iraq, we are winning the war in Iraq." Then, at a press conference, Rumsfeld told reporters that catching Osama bin Laden was still a priority. Finally, later the same day, Rumsfeld stated he thought Osama might still be alive.
Seem a little backwards? White House analyst David Greer explains.
"It's really quite simple. You see, what must have happened is what we in the business call a 'whoopsee daisy', that is to say when the overall plan on terrorism was presented to our Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary of Defense they must have been reading the plan upside down."
"The obvious correct order of things is to verify that Osama is alive and catch him for what he did on 9/11 and then attack Iraq for whatever the reason was and then say we are winning the war in Iraq and then say we won the war in Iraq.
"Because they read it upside down, they got it backwards."
"Simple mistake, really."