Well Dick, you've done Winston Smith proud

The Vice President for Torture said today concerning WMD:

"We never had the burden of proof," he said, adding that it had been up to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to prove to the world that he didn't have such weapons.

Think about this statement for a minute. Just think about it. Is this any way to carry out international diplomacy? We say you have weapons. You say you don't. We say jump. Higher. Higher. Higher. Never high enough. Too bad, we invade.

(Winston Smith is the protagonist of 1984)