Sean-Paul has an interesting post up about a Strafor report that, if true, could throw the entire Bush war operation into chaos. The report says that Hussein has agreed to the French/German/Russian plan and has agreed to turn over the missiles that Blix has ordered destroyed. This is all good news. But there is also a report that Blair has "received the idea favorably". It may be that Blair has decided to grab his last chance to save himself from going over the cliff with Bush. If he does then Dubya will be in the most awkward of positions. There is the real danger that Bush will go ahead anyway just in order to preserve his manhood. In which case, the world needs to find a way to let Bush retreat while still saving face. Now THAT is what I call a diplomatic challenge!