"Mr. President I have a cunning plan"
POTUS: "Okay Baldprick, what is it?"
"We'll tell them HEY LOOK OVER HERE and then we will hit them OVER THERE"
POTUS: "Wow, stick a tail on it, you could call it a weasel"
"I know"
POTUS: "Ok here is how this is going to go. If your plan fails it was your plan. If it succeeds it will be my plan"