You are right. We will eventually break with the Europeans and we won't be counting on Blix to make our case for us. But we will probably wait for something we can present to the American people and the world - with a few pics from orbit and other show and tell items to make our case. [Something like the way the Kennedy administration showed the missiles in Cuba after they and the USSR swore that they were not there.]
Yes we can bet those infra-red nite peek-a-boos have a treasure of photos of the saddamites hiding everything illeagle. This will be like a treasure hunt when we get into inspections.
You are right. We will eventually break with the Europeans and we won't be counting on Blix to make our case for us. But we will probably wait for something we can present to the American people and the world - with a few pics from orbit and other show and tell items to make our case. [Something like the way the Kennedy administration showed the missiles in Cuba after they and the USSR swore that they were not there.] Yes, I imagine something like the Security Counsel in session, and our guy:
1. Shows them a blank sheet of paper, which is what Saddam says he has;
2. Then he circulates a list and does the map and photos on the easel thing to fully document Saddam's lies;
3. And then to conclude he passes out another sheet of paper, and announces that while he has been talking, our military have been at work, and this is what is left of Saddam's material breach.
I do hope that we get some good close-up views on TV of the French ambassador as his jaw drops all the way down to his shoes!