You just lost a vote for sure now Mr. Bush!..
Heap big smoke but no fire (or maybe it is about Oil)!
Move along, nothin' to see here...
EVERYONE CALM DOWN, PLEASE
Note carefully what the guy actually said, versus the "spin" that THE REPORTER decided to put on it.
All he actually said was, "we'll look at each case individually." Period. That's diplomat-speak for "no comment, we don't want to tip our hand just yet".
It's only the reporter who decided to spin that into "so there's a chance we might decide to let him go, since you didn't flat-out say that he'd be hanged."
So, you may wonder, why would Keith not simply say, "he's a dead man" when asked? Because that only drives Omar and his follows further underground. Instead, speak more softly and let them think they might be treated as simple POWs, who could go home after the war's over, and perhaps they'll surrender, or at least relax and let down their guard a bit.
Relax, people... Keith did *NOT* say that we were going to let Omar off the hook. He just said that we'd "look at his case individually". Indeed we will...