Expert? No. Yes Man? Yes.

Apparently a modern day Mad Hatter testifed at yesterday's Mad Tea Congressional hearings, as reported by the AP:

At one point [Defense Secretary Robert] Gates, just three weeks on the job, told lawmakers, “I would confess I'm no expert on Iraq.” Later, asked about reaching the right balance between American and Iraqi forces, he told the panel he was “no expert on military matters.”

And then there's this. You can't make this stuff up.....