According to this article advisors have warned Bush that he faces a humiliating defeat on his proposed UN resolution authorising war on Iraq. They have allegedly advised him to seek a way out of war with Iraq (see story)...then again who the hell are capitolhillblue.com and why should we believe them?

Going more mainstream...I'm not sure if this was picked up by the New Zealand media but It is pleasing to see a Democrat front up to the public and have the balls to criticise George W Bush. Former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright (the woman who famously said that the deaths of Iraqi civilians caused by UN sanctions was a price worth paying) has urged the President to wait longer before attacking Iraq, saying current pressure was forcing Baghdad to disarm.

She has suggested "more intrusive inspections and even the threat to destroy suspected weapons facilities that the government refuses to open to U.N. personnel, the way U.S. and British pilots attack missile sites in the Iraqi no-fly zones." This sounds very sensible. (story here)