As Eagler said, talk is cheap. It is a positive step, but one that is symbolic only until we see what happens on the ground. If he's planning to try to pull a fast one on the inspection teams, or thinks to obstruct the inspectors, I think he's gonna get a rude surprise. Every airborne and spaceborne intel asset in the region is gonna be watching, waiting for the first sign of hanky-panky. My main complaint is, I think they have way to few inspectors for the job. Blix should go in with a couple thousand, not the less-than-100 used last time.
Every inspection should be run like a military op, with covert surveilance prior to the op, followed by a sudden cordoning off of the target site, then the inspectors being landed moments later at the front door by helicopter. Time of day should vary, and cover a 24-hour window. Finally, I would orchestrate feints to other sites, just to throw them off balance. The first time...the FIRST time a truck, car, or pedestrian pushing a pram tries to break the cordon it should trigger an immediate session of the Sec. Council, with a warning that the very next time it happens the inspectors will back off 100 yards, don flak vests and helmets (and NBC gear), and advise the Iraqis in the target facility to leave in the next 5 minutes. At exactly 5 minutes later, the GBU's should flatten the place. I don't think it would take too many smoking craters to convince Saddam that he's probably taking the wrong tack. Of course, that's just me.
