Because He Told You So?

This is the first paragraph of an MSNBC article on Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi's congress visit / PR op:

WASHINGTON - Standing beside Iraq's interim Prime
Minister Ayad Allawi, President Bush on Thursday denied that he has sugarcoated the situation in Iraq and said that elections there are possible as scheduled in January despite ongoing violence “because the prime minister told me they are."

Because he told you so? What the hell kind of childish justification is that? Even when I'm impartial that kind of reasoning is very faulty. Because he told me so. Ha. Yeah, some people could say all *insert ethnic group* are evil, and as justification go "because my dad told me so" or "because my best friend told me so". No way that can be a mistake (sarcasm).

"because the prime minister told me so"

...That's assuring.