What if Saddam cries Uncle?

** Columnist Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune posits Saddam's last chance -- and why he'll likely take it.

President Bush has put a gun to Saddam Hussein's head, and no one doubts that in the near future, he will be happy to pull the trigger. So there is only one other choice left to the Iraqi dictator: capitulation.

No one seems to regard that as a possibility. But judging from his past, it would not be a total surprise to see Hussein choose humiliation and survival over death and glory.
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If Bush is hoping to force Hussein into submission, he's handled this showdown perfectly. But he has to be prepared to take yes for an answer.

Full text of article: In the drive toward war, a last exit