Consider, by contrast, a recent report by ITN's Washington Correspondent, Robert Moore. Concluding his report, Moore referred to Bush's urgent need to make a decision on whether to attack Iraq, adding ominously:
"As Dick Cheney, his vice president warned, Iraq may soon be armed with a nuclear weapon." (August 27, 2002)
No sense here that Cheney and Bush are "trying to give the impression that they are being reasonable and sensible... Because they know that works, that really does schmooz people here".
It is impossible to imagine that Moore might refer to the response of Scott Ritter, senior UN weapons inspector in Iraq for seven years, to the comments Cheney made that day:
"That's a deeply disturbing comment that the vice president made because it reflects either the fact that he's totally ignorant of the reality of what was transpiring, or if he is truly cognizant of what happened, he lied to the American public. And I'd hate to think the vice president is lying." (National Public Radio (NPR) Show: Talk of the Nation, NPR August 28, 2002 Wednesday. Headline: 'Threat that Iraq poses to the United States')
"As Dick Cheney, his vice president warned, Iraq may soon be armed with a nuclear weapon." (August 27, 2002)
No sense here that Cheney and Bush are "trying to give the impression that they are being reasonable and sensible... Because they know that works, that really does schmooz people here".
It is impossible to imagine that Moore might refer to the response of Scott Ritter, senior UN weapons inspector in Iraq for seven years, to the comments Cheney made that day:
"That's a deeply disturbing comment that the vice president made because it reflects either the fact that he's totally ignorant of the reality of what was transpiring, or if he is truly cognizant of what happened, he lied to the American public. And I'd hate to think the vice president is lying." (National Public Radio (NPR) Show: Talk of the Nation, NPR August 28, 2002 Wednesday. Headline: 'Threat that Iraq poses to the United States')