Bush Elite Force Aviator Action Figure Recalled

 GEORGE W. BUSH ACTION FIGURE RECALLED; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION NOT INCLUDED
 Contrite Manufacturer Apologizes for Missing WMD

 A G.I. Joe-like action figure depicting President George W. Bush as an  "Elite Force Aviator" was recalled today by its manufacturer after consumers discovered that the $39.95 toy did not include the weapons of mass destruction pictured on the toy's packaging.

The Bush action figure was packaged in a box showing the President in his aviator flight suit made famous in his landing on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, uncovering weapons of mass destruction in a suspicious-looking Iraqi warehouse.

But once parents bought the toy and brought it home, they found that the box contained only the action figure of the President and no weapons of mass destruction whatsoever.

Janis Martino, 32, a mother of two in Lansing, Michigan, said her son Tyler was "really disappointed" when he opened the toy's packaging and found no weapons of mass destruction inside.

"He felt tricked," Ms. Martino said. "You can't tell someone that there are weapons of mass destruction and then have there not be any."

Ms. Martino also said she felt "gypped" by the high price tag, saying, "If there were no weapons of mass destruction, what were we spending all of this money for?"

As it announced the recall, the action figure's manufacturer today apologized for the words on the packaging that read, "Make Elite Force Aviator George W. Bush Find and Destroy Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction!"

"We apologize for that phrasing," the manufacturer said. "But even if it was a little misleading, it was only sixteen words."