Toby Harnden parses the meaning of the press conference. For example:

BROWN: “Afghanistan is the front line against terrorism.” What he meant: “It’s not all about Iraq. If you Americans had caught Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora and continued to hunt al-Qa’eda in Afghanistan and the Pakistani tribal areas instead of invading Iraq with that nincompoop Blair (I must have been out of the room at the time) then we wouldn’t be in this mess.” BUSH: “There’s no doubt in my mind that Gordon Brown understands that failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the security of our own countries, that failure in Iraq would embolden extremist movements throughout the Middle East, that failure in Iraq would basically say to, you know, people sitting on the fence around the region that al-Qa’eda is powerful enough to drive great countries like Great Britain and America out of Iraq before the mission is done.” What he meant: “Yo Gordon! Stick to the script.” BROWN: “I think I described Afghanistan as the first line in the battle against the Taliban, and of course the Taliban in Afghanistan is what we are dealing with in the provinces for which we’ve got responsibility, and doing so with some success.” What he meant: “Oops.”

Interesting also to see the President continue his small-scale feud with Nick Robinson, Chief Political Correspondent of the BBC (and former President of the Young Conservatives), actually quite a nice guy in my experience. This round goes to the Commander-in-Chief.