Excuses? Somebody gave excuses? Oh, yeah, now I remember!
   
"Dear Amuricans, pleeze excuse me from all future blame. It's that durn Sadsack Insane's fault, so's we'unz gotta go over thar & eradicate that thar axix of evil.
       Yore Prez, Dubblepew.

P.S. If'n them thar intelluhjins reports ain't exaktamintly korrekt, don't blame me fer that too neither, cuz everybody knows I don't have nuthin' t' do wif intelluhjins."