I am so smart

S.M.R.T. I mean, S.M.A.R.T.

Two months ago, give or take, I put forth a bold and original theory about Iraq’s mysteriously absent WsMD—a theory so bold, and so original, that there was no evidence whatsoever to support it. Well, at long last, those lazy so-and-sos in the press corps have gotten around to doing the boring legwork, and come up with the evidence that I once didn’t care that I didn’t have, but now realize was incredibly important all along.

Thus it is that via Talking Points Memo, I see that the AP is reporting that:

A close aide to Saddam Hussein says the Iraqi dictator did in fact get rid of his weapons of mass destruction but deliberately kept the world guessing about it in an effort to divide the international community and stave off a U.S. invasion.

(Sidebar: Hey, one out of two ain’t bad!)

Compare with my own masterful theory-from-ass pulling:

Saddam destroyed his weapon stocks sometime in the last 12 years, but kept baiting the inspectors because fear of his weapons programs was just as effective at keeping in place the sanctions regime (which benefited him personally while destroying the lives of his people), and keeping his neighbors afraid, as real weapons would have been.

Indeed. Read the whole thing. Heh.

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