Posted 3:32 PM by Robert

Saddam, Mr. Nice Guy

Isn't it nice of Saddam Hussein to make life easier for George Bush like this.

The New York Times says Saddam had made life more complicated for the President by agreeing to inspectors, so maybe the Iraq president felt bad and is now trying to make it up to Mr. Bush by refusing to agree to any new UN resolution (that is, one that differ from Saddam's "deal" with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan - who, of course, had no authority to bind the UN or the US).

If Mr. Hussein holds his ground on this new demand, and the Security Counsel resolution is "unacceptable," the problem the Times thinks it sees just goes away.

Who knew Mr. Hussein could be such a sweetheart?