Isn't sucker punching a sovereign nation after saying you were going to negotiate for two weeks kind of a war crime?

[Igel]

5. Actual original quotes.

They were all things like "within two weeks" or "might be two weeks."

The media play the same mistake with "up to" some amount. "It may save up to $3 billion" is crucially "3$ billion" when it suits them. But $1 billion in savings is still within that upper bound, upper limit, of "up to $3 billion".

The media spin the speaker's hedge and many just listen to the wonderful yarn that results from the spinning, made into a glorious tapestry.

Sad, but true.