On Deadline / USA Today: Democrat: Only question about Bush's Iraq policy is will it yield 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

re: "During a debate today over the Iraq war funding bill, Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., said: “The only question about the president’s policy is whether it will yield a disaster or whether it will yield a catastrophe.” /Our friends at On Politics suggested that we give you the definitions of these two words. Here they are, as published in Webster's New World College Dictionary, the bible of American journalism: /• dis'as'ter: any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity. /• ca'tas'tro'phe: 1. the culminating event of a drama, esp. of a tragedy, by which the plot is resolved.; denouement 2. a disastrous end, bringing overthrow or ruin 3. any great and sudden calamity, disaster, or misfortune 4. a total or ignominious failure. /Does either word describe the outcome you expect in Iraq?"...