AP CHANGES ITS TUNE

Hmm, earlier today it was "U.S. Fails to Secure Iraq Deadline Votes" (link).

Hours later, the SAME ARTICLE acquired a new headline: "U.S. Forced to Delay U.N. Vote on Iraq"

That's quite a change, don't you think?

Let's analyze the thinking behind the 2nd headline, based on the actual statement of George W Bush in this matter, during last week's primetime press conference... Why is the US "forced" to delay the vote? Because, one would argue, they currently don't have the votes in the SC to get their resolution passed (at present it would fail by a vote of either 10-4 or 11-4, in fact, depending on Pakistan's decision whether or not to abstain). But what did Bush say to the press on thursday? That's right, he'd take an up-or-down vote on the 2nd resolution at any time, to get everyone on the record, to get everyone to "show their cards". By that logic, the US wouldn't be "forced" to delay a vote!

Neither incarnation of the AP story mentions Bush's statement from thursday, naturally.