Posted 9:01 PM by Floyd

I have a scoop, kind of. It shouldn't be a scoop because my source is a radio interview of Donald Rumsfeld that originally aired last Thursday. But I haven't seen any reporting on the blogosphere.

The program was Q-and-A, with questions submitted via phone and email. The first question was from the CBS interviewer; he asked what would happen if the UN inspection team did not find any weapons of mass descruction.

Rumsfeld's answer was, "We know Iraq has biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. This would show that they have been successful in hiding evidence from the inspection teams."

What this means is that the US has the screws down so hard on Saddam that the poor bastard can't even twitch. If Blix finds nothing, then Iraq is hiding evidence. Regime change! But if there is evidence found, I doubt the US will say, "Okay, that's everything? We'll back up the truck and load it then." No, what I think the US will say is, "Told ya! Weapons of mass destruction! He's hiding more! Regime change!"

I don't see any way that Hussein can give satisfaction. I realize Rumsfeld is not the ultimate authority in this matter, but do you think he's shooting his mouth off? I don't.