Father Of So Many Styles I Should Be Handing Out Cigars»

In the course of defending his friend Andrew McCarthy, the Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes, who’s best known for misrepresenting Saddam’s non-existent ties to al-Qaeda, attacks Laurie Mylroie, who’s best known for misrepresenting Saddam’s non-existent ties to al-Qaeda slightly more crazily. Did Hannukah start today and people forget to tell me?

I’m happy to sit back and watch this unfold, but two points first. First, Hayes writes:

Although her emails may have occasionally made their way to Bush administration officials, no one I know took her arguments very seriously.

Except for that time that Paul Wolfowitz told Richard Clarke that Clarke needed to stop worrying so much about Usama bin Laden and focus on Mylorie’s argument that groups like al-Qaeda were just beards for Saddam Hussein. Or that time Wolfowitz sent Jim Woolsey abroad to check out Mylroie’s claims. But whatever!

Second, Stevie Wonder continues:

Mylroie has seen an Iraqi hand behind virtually every terrorist attack on American interests. Indeed, in our one brief conversation, she faulted me for failing to understand that al Qaeda is little more than an Iraqi “front group.” That’s crazy.

Pot, meet kettle! Steve, do you even know what you sound like here? You’re like an eighth less crackers than Myroie, and you’re criticizing her? She pioneered your style! This is like Ja Rule going after Tupac. You should be paying Mylroie royalties for your book sales!