Bush, reduced 

Bush, reduced

So, we've gone from Saddam being an imminent threat (yes, that's what the administration meant through the fall and winter of 2002-2003, even if they did not use those precise words) to "There is no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein was a gathering threat to America and others. That's what we know," Bush said.


"We know he was a dangerous man in a dangerous part of the world," the president said.

Just as weapons of mass destruction have been downgraded to weapons-of-mass-destruction-program-related-thingies, or whatever, Saddam himself continues to be downgraded. Eventually we will be left with "he was a real meanie, okay?"