I TOLD YOU SHELL HAD AN INTEREST IN A POTENTIAL WAR

UN Inspectors find empty shells, chickenhawks spontaneously ejaculate.

Well, maybe not all of them. But certainly Richard Perle.

Anyway, a number of U.S. allies, including Jacques Chirac of France, are urging patience in this matter, as well they should.

If nothing else, this provides room for more goofy Fleischerisms:

``Under the U.N. resolution, Saddam Hussein has an obligation to disarm. It has become increasingly clear that he is not doing so,'' Fleischer said.

Good lord! He has empty shells!!! Protect the women and children!

Some people may try to point to this as a nullification of tomorrow's protests, as well as for the recent tv ads produced by MoveOn.org. This is simply not the case. Empty casings still result in an empty case for war.

But you know, if you put your ear up to one of the shells, you can hear the oil.