“The Blix Report found 1,000 tons of chemical weapons missing from Iraq, and last May this column discussed a planned al Qaeda attack in Jordan involving 20 tons of chemicals. The attack was broken up, and the subsequent investigation showed strong links to Syria. Connect your own dots.”

– James Robbins, writing at National Review in 2004. Given that Syria’s rebels (or perhaps its government; one never knows) are now using chemical weapons in that country’s civil war, Robbins seems to have had a point.