THOUGHTS ON SOME GOOD NEWS

Iraq agreed to the UN resolution, and is letting inspectors back in.

Good! Now what?

Will Bush lead us into war anyway, on the doctrine of "You didn't say 'Simon says'"?

But Bush doesn't care. He got exactly what he wanted out of the war fervor: A Republican congress.

From the looks of the dribble he put up today about "hawks and doves", I have a feeling that ol' Sully just doesn't wanna talk about this.

This all means, of course, that the Iraqi legislation's vote the other day was for show. We knew that already. But it served its purpose by extracting a hideously ironic quote from Dubya about the vote being "nothing but a rubber stamp for Saddam Hussein."

My guess is, thirty days from now, the Bushies will be saying that Iraq hasn't completely complied with the resolution, the French and Russians will be saying they've done an adequate job complying, and the debate will continue.

But I will stick to my bold prediction. Take notice, warmongers and warbloggers, you're probably not gonna get your war Xmas present. Better put that Swedish penis-enlarger pump back on the ol' list.