I've always admired Robert Fisk and even shook his hand once, but I avoided reading his dispatches from Baghdad throughout the war because they were a bit too hysterical for my taste. His tone reminded me of Maude Flanders on the Simpsons, exclaiming "...but what about the children?!"

Now that he's calmed down a bit, he's back to making sense. He argues that there is no way Syria would provide a safe haven for Saddam because it would be like inviting a cruise missile into President Assad's palace. He also wonders why the nuclear warheads in Israel's Negev desert don't fall under WMD classification. Hmmm...