In America, idiots rule. And not only in the White House: a Newsweek poll reveals that 41 per cent of Americans believe Saddam Hussein and Iraq were responsible for 9/11.

Do you think Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was directly involved in planning, financing, or carrying out the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001?

Yes: 41
No: 50
Don't know: 9 percent.

So it's 50-50. Just about like the result of the 2000 and 2004 elections. Coincidence?

PS It's getting worse. In 2004, in the same poll, only 36 per cent of the country answered idiotically.