Must Read Article in this Sunday's NYT Magazine

(Its not often that I find myself saying that about the NYT.)

Barry Bearak's profile of Scott Ritter, former UNSCOM arms inspector, former USMC Major turned channeler of Ramsey Clarke, is a fascinating read. Ritter, you may recall, used to be the principled advocate of tougher arms inspections on Iraq who resigned from UNSCOM in 1998 because Iraq was stonewalling the inspectors and the UN was unwilling to do anything it. His current line is, well, confused. Bearak's parting quote from Ritter sums it all up:

''My heart's telling me to kill Saddam, or, I don't know, maybe my gut tells me that,'' he said. ''My heart's telling me to do what the Constitution says, but the gut's saying kill Saddam. And my brain has no clue which way to go here. It's just twisted. And I'm honest when I say I get up every morning and I just want to get the hell out of this.''