But between the GUEST whom you were probably referring to there'd been two more posts before yours, kat - one from what was likely a different GUEST, an one from bbc. Then came yours, and then an irritated one from Amos, which read as if it was directed at you...

When a PM isn't possible, I think it's good practice to identify the one being addressed to avoid misunderstandings. It's a pain having to copy time and date so as to identify GUESTS, but that's appropriate enough.

I can't help feeling that even if Blix came back to the UN and reported that he was now convinced that Iraq didn't have any Weapons of Mass Destruction left, and that Saddam had cooperated 100 per cent, Bush's only reaction would be to denounce him as a fool and a traitor, and push the button for war.