<"I think it is very important for us to wait and see what the inspectors come up with, and hopefully they come up with something conclusive," retired general Schwarzkopf said in an interview with the Washington Post.

Norman Schwarzkopf BBC article





The "inspectors" are there to inspect what Iraq gives them, not what they go out and try to discover across a desert the size of California. The results are already conclusive.

The rest of what the old boy had to say was:
"The thought of Saddam Hussein with a sophisticated nuclear capability is a frightening thought," he said.



"Now, having said that, I don't know what intelligence the US Government has."







...but, that's just a fact to be glossed over.

Excerpt from a Captiol Hill Blue article:



Capitol Hill Blue has learned the Joint Chiefs of Staff are split over plans to invade Iraq in the coming weeks. They have asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumseld to urge Bush to back down from his hard line stance until United Nations weapons inspectors can finish their jobs and the U.S. can build a stronger coalition in the Middle East.





A good idea, but then gained time by the axis powers = lost capabilities of the allied forces.

“This is not Desert Storm,” one of the Joint Chiefs is reported to have told Rumseld. “We don’t have the backing of other Middle Eastern nations. We don’t have the backing of any of our allies except Britain and we’re advocating a policy that says we will invade another nation that is not currently attacking us or invading any of our allies.”

Blatently untrue.

YoursTruly

Ditto,
Dan