March 01, 2003

UN, Iraq Begin Talks on Scrapping Banned Missiles

U.N. and Iraqi officials began talks Saturday on the logistics of destroying al-Samoud 2 missiles in line with a deadline set by arms inspectors hunting weapons of mass destruction.

The less said about this the better, although the talking heads on TV have already said plenty.
To say this is another empty, meaningless gesture of Saddam's is to give him more credit than he deserves.
President Bush has made the speech, he's got our support and he's got the power.
Now all he needs to do is make the call to Tommy Franks, "It's go time."

Update: One of Rantburg's commenters reminded me of why Saddam's behavior is strangely familiar:
He's playing the protagonist of that famous Arabian tale Scheherezade!
If you'll remember, she told tales all night to spare her life.
I'm sure that Saddam has loved that story of the consummate story teller all his life,too...