[Cap Huff]

That is a good point. Frankly, my eye glazed right past this to the part about the benchmarks (which I find terribly troubling). I hope the way it reads about a Monday deadline is in fact the situation.

I still think, given the current situation, 9 yes votes plus a veto is the optimal development. Good for initial PR and goes a long way to sink the U.N.

[maquiladora]

The benchmarks are:

* Saddam Hussein must come clean on Iraqi television about his weapons of mass destruction and say he will give them up.

* Iraq must identify stocks of anthrax and other chemical and biological weapons.

* Iraq must fly 30 Iraqi scientists and their families to Cyprus so they can be questioned about weapons programs free from intimidation.

* Iraq must account for unmanned drone aircraft that the United States and Britain say could be used for spraying poisons.

* Iraq must commit to destroying mobile biological warfare production units.

* Iraq must complete destruction of all banned missiles.

All of these, all, before Monday.
Ain't gonna happen.