Baghdad Back Flip

William Saletan of Slate knows "why people don't trust what the United States says about Iraq." The way the administration has been spinning yesterday's Bin Laden tape reveals the hypocrisy being deployed to justify a war.

"Sixteen months ago," Saletan writes, "Powell wanted to isolate Bin Laden from other Muslims, so he said Bin Laden was lying about being involved in Iraq. Now Powell wants to justify war against Iraq, so he says Bin Laden is telling the truth. Same claim, same media outlet, same speaker, same U.S. official assessing the claim, same congressional venue, different U.S. agenda, different result."