What we are seeing is not the war in Iraq. What we're seeing is slices of the war in Iraq.[20][21][22]

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.[17][18][19]

It recalls to mind the statement by Winston Churchill, something to the effect that: I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a …

I shouldn't get into ... this is diplomacy, and I don't do diplomacy.[14][15][16]