Now if a country that really does have a lot of WMDs were to join in, that'd really be something. The United Kingdom? Israel?

The encouraging thing about this is that the White House and Number 10 seem to be all in favour of this, rather than coming out with loud cries of "We know the man's a liar", accompanied by threats of war to look for the WMDs Gadaffi says he's got rid of (or to stop any arms inspectors in case they discover he's speaking the truth).

I hope this new approach to such matters is an indication Bush will be willing also to take Iran off that "evil axis" wish list of countries to invade...

However, here's a reminder from Amnesty that, while Gadaffi's Libya hasn't been in the Saddam's Iraq league when it comes to human rights abuses, it's got some nasty stuff in the cupboard - Libya: Time to break the 10-year silence on Mansour al-Kikhiya.