I see what you are saying, Bobert, but I don't see an angle that benefits anyone in the US OR the UN. If you are planning on attacking anyway and ignoring international law, you might as well do it now. Nor do I see how you could "spin" the war afterwards except outright lie about why the inspectors left or didn't find anything... and after the whole Incubator Baby fiasco, I'm gonna hope Negroponte or somebody is smarter than that.

If Iraq is hiding something, then a too short window of inspection would be bully for them. Personally, I doubt they have very much to hide, and if they do I *really* doubt Saddam is stupid or suicidal enough to use it offensively. (Bet your bottom dollar he uses it defensively, though.)

So where's the angle?   Inspectors in Iraq for only 60 days is useless as an inspection and doesn't forward the cause of a war, either. Nor does it prevent one, and it doesn't save anyone face, particularly the administration that's proposing it... I'm perplexed.