The fact is, Giuliani has no idea what he's talking about. On the campaign trail he says that the terrorist threat "is something I understand better than anyone else running for president." As the mayor of New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, he may have lived more intimately with the consequences of terrorism, but this has no bearing on his inexperience or his scant insight in the realm of foreign policy. He is, in fact, that most dangerous would-be world leader: a man who doesn't seem to know how much he doesn't know.Kevin Drum adds that the academic name for this is the Dunning-Kruger effect. "'Incompetent individuals, compared with their more competent peers, will dramatically overestimate their ability and performance relative to objective criteria.'
As Kevin aptly sums up,"the halfwits of the world all think they're geniuses."
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