Word of the Day — December 24, 2011

Example: "The N.Y. Times, looking back at the first war with Iraq, claimed in an editorial that 'Mr. Bush chose to invade Iraq because that was something he and his pundit elite wanted to do, not because Americans were clamoring for war against a regime that had nothing to do with 9/11; in fact, it took a highly deceptive sales campaign to get Americans to support the invasion.'"