THE ARAB LEAGUE IS NOW URGING IRAQ to agree to Bush’s inspection plan. But the big item in this story is the following, from Bush:

“The U.N. will either be able to function as a peacekeeping body as we head into the 21st century, or it will be irrelevant. And that’s what we’re about to find out,” Bush said.

Either way, Bush wins. For a dumb guy, he winds up in this situation a lot.