fun with language

Bush tells troops Iraq no longer 'hopeless'

So... if Iraq is no longer hopeless, does that imply that it once WAS hopeless?

And, if it once was "hopeless"... well, whence the hope today?
I mean - "hopeless" means, what... "without hope".
If 'twas once without hope, and now there is some... well, did it just materialize? (sort of like Fred Hoyle's model of the universe - matter being created eternally...)

If there's now hope, doesn't that mean that it has NEVER been "hopeless"???

Yeah - I'm just having fun with words.

Stop the madness!