Why I adore Jon Stewart

Here's a transcript of his interview with Stephen Hayes of The Weekly Standard from Monday night about Hayes' new book "The Connection: How al Qaeda’s Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America". As someone commented, Mr. Hayes probably didn't expect it to be a fake news show that ended up ripping him a new one.

J: Iran has done the same.

S: They’ve used weapons of mass destruction.

J: Yes.

S: When have they used weapons of mass destruction?

J: In the Iran-Iraq war. They both were mustard gassin’ back and forth.

S: Well, yeah, that’s one theory. I don’t think that that’s been shown. But in any-

J: Well you’re no one to talk about what’s been shown… No no no, I hear ya. And it’s very frustrating to sit on the outside and watch partisans go back and forth with what appears to be something that the rest of us end up paying for. But we’ll be right back with more of Stephen Hayes in a minute.