I admit that anytime I see the names "Stephen Hayes" and "Weekly Standard" in the same sentence, "fantasy" is one of the first words that comes to mind, but I don't think it applies to that article. I don't see anything controversial there. As far as I know most people agree that Saddam and al Qaeda crossed paths from time to time. I believe they even tried to form alliances a few times, but the weight of the evidence is that they were rivals, if not enemies, but the time we invaded in 2003. Bin Laden emphasized their adversarial relationship when he released a recorded statement urging muslims to rise up against the infidel Saddam Hussein.

The President continues to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11. He also continues to deny that he would make any such link. It's very dishonest.