Really.
From a radio interview today:
Do you believe there are ties between the Iranian regime and al Qaeda, Mr. Vice President?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I wouldn’t put it in those terms. I think you’ve got to remember that the al Qaeda organization is primarily made up of radical Sunni Islamists, of course, and the Iranian regime is Shia-dominated—Shia. So there’s not a natural fit there. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t been relationships over the years, but I don’t believe it’s close. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
Note the contrast to Cheney’s recent departure from reality RE: Iraq and al-Qaeda, which contained this bit of genius:
…a lot of those documents that were captured over there that have not yet been evaluated offer additional evidence that, in fact, there was a relationship that stretched over many years between Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda organization.
No need to evaluate documents when you already have the answer…