[battlegearboat]

Thank you Mr. president.

[Publius Maximus]

In short, the inspectors are saying that even if they could stay in Iraq, their work would be a sham.

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So Iraq has abused its final chance...

The current inspectors are in effect saying, "Even though our efforts are a sham, we'd like to continue this sham for many more months." And WRT Saddams' "final chance" - I think we know that coming from Clinton's mouth, it all depends how you define "final"...