My word. I mean ... my WORD. Look at this, people. Just look at this headline:

Bush's view of Iraq doesn't square with reality

And this is from Associated Press, to be distributed to all its newspapers on the morrow.

Ouch.

And then read the lede:

WASHINGTON - President Bush's depiction of Iraqi security forces as "helping to turn the tide" is difficult to square with persistent setbacks in handing control of the country back to its own people.

His suggestion that Americans are solidly behind the mission also understates opposition at home, and his hard sell on the rising quality of Iraqi forces overlooks complexities on the ground.

Double ouch.

And then this little knife-in-the-back insta-analysis: