This war is going to happen no matter what. And it will happen sooner rather than later.

plus the UK is gonna deploy 20,000 troops to the persian gulf

late Jan, early Feb for the start....

We'll have to wait until the 27th. And if they haven't found anything US will come into a difficult position. Many countries won't support a war without UN approval. So if US invade Iraq without any UN approval things will get complicated.

but the writing is on the wall. You don't deploy that many troops if you don't intend to use them. The cost is simply too great for each day they're sitting there twiddling their thumbs....

This whole UN farce is just about over...lets face facts. A small group of inspectors can't possibly cover the vast deserts of Iraq, and that's where most of the WMD are sitting, in underground bunkers linked by tunnels (to hide from satellite and other surveillance). Heck, I went to middle school with the kids whose fathers built them! (the bunkers, not the WMD, though some likely did that as well). (School is SAIS-Riyadh for those curious).