In My Opinion

You can always tell when Bush is saying something that he knows to be bullshit. He includes "in my opinion," as if his opinion on, say, the forces underlying violence in the Middle East is worth jack shit. Bush in his useless blatherings today:

There's a lot of sectarian violence taking place, fomented in my opinion because of the attacks by al Qaeda, causing people to seek reprisal.

Completely lost.

We can accept nothing less than victory for our children and our grandchildren.

Another example from the same press conference today ("Estonia is a strong ally in the War on Terror"):

That's why you see violence in Lebanon. There's a young democracy in Lebanon, run by Prime Minister Siniora. And that government is being undermined, in my opinion, by extremist forces encouraged out of Syria and Iran. Why? Because a democracy will be a major defeat for those who articulate extremist points of view.