That's right. And the UN let him get away with it. Starting in late 2002, the UN stopped letting him get away with it and his house of cards started to fall. Just as Saddam was about to be exposed as a toothless blowhard, W invaded.

If W's goal had been to disarm Saddam, he would have insisted that the inspections be backed up by military force. If Saddam prevented unfettered inspection of a facility, the inspectors would warn the occupants of that facility to withdraw to a safe distance and then our planes would vaporize the facility. The inspectors would then repeat the process at the next facility. That's what should have happened from the beginning.