Why should you think that I would "approve of their neutrality" in the case of France, Germany or Russia, Doug?

In fact I imagine that a German team especially would do a first rate job, and I personally would be likely to trust its findings - but the point is, the purpose of this exercise would be to have inspectors who couldn't be accuse of bias, and I am sure that there are other Americans as well as Doug who would not be ready to accept German inspectors.

Perhaps same would apply to the most obvious solution, which would be to call back into play Hans Blix and company, so far as some people are concerned, but I think most people in most countries would see that as a fair way of proceeding, and it could be done quickly.

If that's not good enough, how about a joint Irish-South African team?