This may make our job a lot easier.
This Idiot Iraqi committee recommendation is just for show. Saddam is absolute ruler and his Iraqi parliamentary committee pigeons are spouting what he wants everybody to think--for now -- until Friday rolls around, then Saddam will accept.
That's what I'd guess, too, although I hope I'm wrong.
That sounds much more plausible, it certainly would be more consistent with Saddams past.