There's still an apparent disconnect between AQ and Iraq -- the paragraph quoted by Putin says Hussein's little shits were planning something possibly on their own against us -- but whatever. If it plays out, sure, that's wonderful "exculpatory" evidence that there was a direct threat against the US from Iraq.
The thing is, though, if this is really true, I can't quite fathom why we're hearing this, you know, NOW. If we really had (to use Tenet's pet phrase) "slam dunk" evidence that Saddam was planning terrorist attacks against us, why did we piss away years arguing about yellow cake from Niger, again?
I can't get past the feeling that we're in the last stages of the OJ trial, arguing about blood on the car and whether the gloves fit, and Jim Brown strides into the courtroom and declares "Fuck that. The brother was with ME that night."
