[barkeep]

Saddam has seen the light at the end of the tunnel and realized it is an oncoming train. The clever offer he has made is an invitation to the same dance we did in '98, when he agreed to allow Scott Ritter (the sell-out king) and his inspectors access, BUT not to any "Presidential Palaces". Guess what, suddenly dozens of sites were declared to be "Palaces", some containing literally hundreds of buildings. This offer is "unfettered access to all MILITARY sites". Anybody want to bet your donuts against my dollars we will see all sorts of sites of interest declared civilian and therefore off-limits to inspection?

Hussein is once more trying to buy time, and I don't think we can afford to give it to him. If we wake up one fine morning and find Hussein asking us to guess which of our ports has his Islamic Bomb in a dockside seatainer ready to go, we will be in a whole new world and deeply regret not having moved now. Anyone who thinks the current war/no war option is unpleasant should contemplate this entirely too likely scenario and I would welcome their input as to what good choice we have with that seatainer in place.

[Imal]

Yep. Saddam doesn't seem to understand that this US president isn't as stupid as the last one.

[gPal]

with a heavy heart i agree with you completely...may have many of our finest young men and women dead in weeks or months...a difficult thing to accept, especially after wathcing them bring home the body bags on the evening news not so long ago...since nam, over a quarter of a century, and the old men didn't learn a damned thing!