Meh. If it had been a real attack and a successful one, a) no F-16 escort would have made a shit-bit’s worth of difference, except to maybe shoot down the plane and have everything second-guessed from here to eternity, and b) the so-called left would have immediately gone haywire and authorized anything recommended by the shadow president, Karl Rove.

If it turns out to be a bad joke, a) the so-called left will use it as an excuse for letting a whole lot more Saudi students in on unsupervised visas, and b) there will be an immediate reduction in the number of air marshals.

And meanwhile, no matter who is president, the next, bigger, eviler 9/11 remains unstoppable.

Don’t thank me for telling you I told you so when it happens.