[Amelia]

I agree - that's why the inclusion of those 16 words was, in retrospect, a mistake.

Yes, hindsight is 20/20, and it becomes all too easy to criticize others for not being able to foresee the future, doesn't it?

The American people are not as stupid as a lot of folks seem to imply.

True, and most people don't like being accused, even implicitly, of being stupid, do they?

[Scenic Sounds]

Yes, hindsight is 20/20, and it becomes all too easy to criticize others for not being able to foresee the future, doesn't it?

You're absolutely right and I think we've learned from this episode that including "faulty intelligence" ("intelligence that our sources had been unable to verify" - see post 884) in a president's State of the Union is a very risky mistake.

I'm willing to bet that doesn't happen again next year.

True, and most people don't like being accused, even implicitly, of being stupid, do they?

We agree again. ;-)