Parsing the War

William Safire totes water for Team Bush:

[Here's] the difference between immanent and imminent. The one with the "a" means "inherent," rooted in the Latin for "remaining within"; you can believe that God is immanent in humans. Imminent means something else entirely, rooted in the part of a mountain that projects overhead, threatening those below. "Overhanging" is its essence -- an immediate threat, a sinister event close at hand -- unlike impending, which is not so near in time.

Thanks for clearing that up, Bill.