This story seems to be getting a lot of press as well it should. The head of the United States House Intelligence Committee seems to need a crash course about Iraq. It is nice that Nancy Pelosi is playing politics with the Intelligence Committee in a time of war. I am sure Nancy Harman would have known the answers to Jeff Stein's quiz.

From the Tucker Carlson show:

"Democrat Silvestre Reyes of Texas was recently chosen for the sensitive position by Nancy Pelosi, incoming speaker, after someone reminded her that her first choice, Congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida, had once been impeached and removed from the federal bench for corruption. Whoops.

Until yesterday, Reyes was not a controversial choice. Then he made the mistake of sitting down with Jeff Stein. He‘s an editor of “Congressional Quarterly.”

“What Muslim group makes up Al-Qaeda,” Stein asked. “Predominantly Shiite, probably,” Reyes replied.

Not only was that the wrong answer, it was an absurd answer. Al-Qaeda exists, in part, to kill Shiites or, as Stein put it in his piece, quote, “If a Shiite showed up at an Al Qaeda clubhouse, they‘d slice off his head and use it for a soccer ball.”

Stein then tried again, asking Reyes about Hezbollah. The answer, quote, “Hezbollah. Uh, Hezbollah,” long uncomfortable pause, “Can I answer in Spanish?”

As it turns out, Reyes didn‘t know the answer in any language, though it‘s telling that when pressed, he claimed limited English proficiency.

The interview got more embarrassing from there. You can read it yourself. It culminated with Reyes unable to explain or possibly even to remember his own proposals for Iraq.

The point is Reyes was ignorant, painfully so. If you‘re planning to run the United States House Intelligence Committee, that‘s a big problem.

There are a number of lessons here, but the most obvious is this. If you‘re going to attack the president as stupid, you‘d better be smarter."