By agreeing to allow the unconditional return of weapons inspectors, Iraq has done well to expose – sadly, not halt – the Bush administration's unstoppable agenda. This gesture by Iraq was not so much a "stunning turnabout" – as the media characterized it – but a culmination of a plain (and quite reasonable) attempt by an economically desperate Iraq to tie the return of inspectors to the lifting of sanctions. This failed! Its predictably disgruntled response confirms that the Bush administration doesn't want Saddam to roll over, but wants, very plainly, to sock it to Saddam! During his address to...
