>You conclusions are tragic, but true I'm afraid. It appears that the decision for military action to disarm Iraq was made a long time ago. I think the only thing that could prevent war with Iraq now is if Saddam immediately started to completely disarm by either bringing nuclear technology, biological, and chemical weapons to a single location for the inspectors to observe their destruction or for him to give the inspectors valid locations for the inspectors to travel to and oversee the destruction of these weapons. It appears the question as to whether or not the WMD even exist was answered (or assumed) long ago and hence he is not disarming afterall. Somehow I feel everything after the congressional hearings and voting was 'show.'

Actually no. The only thing that will stop it is if Saddam and cohorts left and went into exile right now. But he will not do that. A 1992? resolution declared him a menace and basically said that he will be tried for crimes against humanity. He has seen where Milosevic ended up. He also knows that not many countries will have him as a "guest". So he's not leaving. The rest will happen in a few days.