Unintentional Humor Award

This award is given at irregular intervals to some deserving recipient, defined as someone who has made a hilarious statement while attempting to be completely serious.

The winner this time is John Bolton, former (temporary) US Ambassador to the UN, former member of Shrub's inner circle, one of those purveyors of paranoia responsible for the Iraq war, who told the BBC just over a year ago that the US had no responsibility for maintaining order or providing security in the wake of the invasion while insisting - again, this was in April 2007 - that "all of the evidence is not yet in" on Iraqi WMDs, and after all is said and done still a top-notch dipshit.

A few days ago he told the Daily Telegraph (UK) that the US should launch air strikes on Iranian camps where, he insists, insurgents are trained for war in Iraq. He dismissed the conclusion of British intelligence that the US was overstating how much support Iran is giving to those insurgents as "dead wrong." But here's the punch line:

Mr Bolton said that striking Iran would represent a major step towards victory in Iraq.

It just doesn't get funnier than that.