Yeah, ok, you have a point.

But *he* had put me in a bad mood a few minutes before. He said something along the lines of "Disarmament of Iraq by force is the will of the American -pause- people", ie, he nearly said President, Administration, Government or Military, but managed to remember to add the spin. Certainly the vast majority of American people that I know don't share that view.

I don't think that he is *just* a mouthpiece following his masters' orders. I think he totally believes.