Iraq's sudden reversal on weapons inspectors was the perfect play to take the wind out of Bush's war. They've effectively neutered the US offensive while gaining an extra year to give the run around to the inspectors before booting them out again (probably about nine months from now). Now Bush can't launch an offensive without looking like an utter tool and breaking away from the U.N. What's scary is that Bush just might be gung-ho enough to start a war anyhow and feign ignorance next year.

Actually, he probably won't have to feign too much.

"I know why we don't like to vote -- marking your ballot nowadays is like choosing between the 3 AM showing of Beastmaster on Showtime, and the 3 AM showing of Beastmaster 2 on Cinemax." - Dennis Miller