Bush on Iran

President Bush in a press conference this afternoon:

The doctrine of prevention is to work together to prevent the Iranians from having a nuclear weapon. I know — I know here in Washington prevention means force. It doesn’t mean force, necessarily. In this case, it means diplomacy. And by the way, I read the articles in the newspapers this weekend. It was just wild speculation, by the way. What you’re reading is wild speculation, which is — it’s kind of a — happens quite frequently here in the nation’s capital. White House

It’s a non-denial. He is not saying that the article in the New Yorker (Required reading straight from Seymour Hersh here) everyone is quoting is wrong, he is just saying it’s speculation.

But good to know the president is reading newspapers.