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It's been said. The Warmonger in Chief, with his trademark turkey head bob and smirk, the one he wears when he thinks he's said something witty, that democrats want to "wave the white flag of surrender in Iraq."

Reframing is easy: Nice words from an Administration who had better things to do during Vietnam, a war theirs is coming to resemble. How about the red, black and white flag of fascism, of domestic espionage, of wars without end, of propaganda and of torture. How about the red, white and blue flags we're not allowed to see, the results of your war. How about the green and white flag we tore down but are not rebuilding? The white flag is also a flag of truce, a symbol of discussions to end bloodshed or to prevent it. If that's the case, Mr. President, I'm proud to wave a white flag. It's a symbol of parlay, of discussion of terms, of seeking a way to avoid a slaughter. I'm proud to wave it. Wave your bloodstained red white and blue if you like. Without the values it represents, the flag is nothing but a piece of cloth, suited to binding wounds or cleaning engine parts.

Reframing his rant against disclosure of his dubiously legal domestic spying programs is also easy. George, you and your administration crowed about following the money when you felt it was to your advantage. Now you want to make it the most classified thing since the Manhattan Project? While you were scoring political points with it, you should have thought that there might come a day when you didn't want anyone to know what you were doing. Your screams of treason now are only to mask your ineptitude, your penchant for telling only that part of the truth that benefits you, commonly referred to as lying.