Aye, 'teribus"---I cannot be too indignant over your scorn and open insult regarding my opinion of Blair and co.,since I was pretty scathing myself when referring to the present manoeuverings . I would be surprised, however, if "scabby doug's attempts at humour" weren't as close to the truth as the extreme scenario being trotted out by Blair, Bush and others . At least scabby doug's assessment was deliberately and openly extreme, and obviuosly meant to be humorous. As I said, Saddam is without doubt an evil man. If there is one good thing to come out of the present crisis, it is the galvanising effect it has had on the UN. In fact, as far as I can see, this is developing into a race between the UN, who are trying hard to get Weapons Inspectors back into Iraq. and what appears, in spite of your oft-repeated opinions, to be a determination on the part of Bush to ignore all attempts at diplomacy and all pleas for caution from other UN member states and go ahead willy-nilly to smash Hussein [and a helluva lot of innocent men, women and kids]. I will believe that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and centres for their development if and when legitimate inspectors [not spies] have assured the world that they exist. Then, only then--and with some enthusiasm--will I support a UN-sponsored military incursion into Iraq. And just one more of my "inane" opinions---The United States of America is a member of the UN. That fact does not appear to deter them from showing apparent contempt for the organisation at almost every juncture. Perhaps if they were "paid-up" members they would carry more weight in its workings.