>I recommend that people look up de Villiers on Google before they accept Mr Wills' portrayl of him as a disingenuous, nasty little foreigner who doesn't make sense. People need to read de Villier's actual UN speech (which caused the chamber to errupt in applause, a very rare event) as well as his 3 March statement with Ivanov and Fischer. Contrast these with Mr Wills' "intellectual" flurries.

While you complain about Will's "intellectual" flurries, I notice you did not address anything he wrote. Some more words from him:

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, on ABC's "This Week" last Sunday, said: "Do you want me to tell you, really, what France is worried about? How many boys, American boys, are going to die in Iraq."

>As for Saddam wishing he had nuclear weapons: every despot who loses wishes he had a doomsday weapon.

But not every despot has used weapons of mass destruction on his enemies, or his own people.