Mechanics of Diplomacy

Bush says diplomacy is 1st choice in Iran standoff

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"My first choice is to solve this diplomatically," said Bush,

That is what is known as a lie. It's like when your mechanic says "I hate to tell you this, but while I was under the hood, I noticed your transmission's just about shot and will need to be replaced. I know it's gonna be expensive, and I'd rather not have to put you through this after everything else I just fixed, but I'm afraid it's gotta be done. My estimate is another $1,700."

In other words, he'd rather not fix your car diplomatically, he'd rather drop a bunch of bombs on your transmission, and then send in the marines to lay mines in your fanbelt and extract precious sparkplugs with his war-profiteering buddies. And if accidentally pops a cap in your headgasket in the process, so much the better. Expect your car to be in the shop from about now till the election, at the very least.

Fuckin' grease-monkey!