Hans Blix is 74 Doug. Do you really think a man of 74 has aspirations to spend the next quarter century playing silly buggers. You've said saomething like that about him wanting to keep his job going, and I pointed out that this didn't seem too likely, in view of when he was born.

"Hans Blix and his merry inspectors" - that's just cheap. He was engaged by the United Nations, with the USA playing a central role, to do a job, and he was doing that job pretty well. He said it needed a few more months to complete it. And he said that he thought that when it was completed it would be a good idea to make sure it stayed completed.

If the USA didn't think he was up to the job, or that the job description wasn't adequate, they had every opportunity to stop the appointment of the inspection team. You give someone a responsible job, you owe them some loyalty.