Watch the Language: Bush Refers to Irani Energy Program as "Weapons" Program at Today's Press Conf.

[Hatalles]

Q: You spoke positively about the role of diplomacy in North Korea, and you obviously gave it a long time to work. Where does diplomacy fit in, in terms of Iran, and do we have any leverage if we try diplomacy there?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I guess you could call getting the EU3, China and Russia on the same page on a Chapter 7 Resolution successful diplomacy. I thought that was diplomacy. And it took a long time to get there. I mean, we're working hard to send a concerted message to the Iranians -- a focused, unified message that the world believes you should not have a nuclear program. And so this is a multilateral approach to try to get the government to alter its course on a nuclear weapons program.

I can't think of any more robust diplomacy than to have more than one party at the table talking to the Iranians. And we did so through the United Nations in this case. If they want us at the table, we're more than willing to come, but there must be a verifiable suspension of this weapons program that is causing such grave concern.

We'll continue to work with other nations. Matter of fact, I believe that it is easier for the United States to achieve certain diplomatic objectives when we work with other nations, which is precisely why we adopted the strategy we did in dealing with the Iranians.

Full transcript here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070214-2.html

What's worse is not one of those reporters in the audience challenged him on it. Is this another case of Bush misleading the public? Or has he just started buying into his own propaganda?

[Hatalles]

1. Don't let this die!

This administration has a way with language and they have slowly and steadily been shifting the discourse more and more against Iran. Someone has got to call them on it!

[BadgerKid]

2. There's some talking past each other going on

Ahmadinejad has been reported as saying he'll talk within the non-proliferation framework but won't suspend enrichment activities. Bush is equating enrichment activity with weapons production.

Would it be so bad to inspect, catalog, and verify their enrichment activities?