How to backdoor France again.

To be tabled early Tuesday, the resolution will not contain an explicit deadline for Iraqi compliance but US and Britain will demand that the UN Security Council vote on the resolution by March 14 at the very latest, effectively establishing that as a deadline.

But...

The US is hoping a negative report by chief weapons inspector Hans Blix at the end of next week will give them the nine Security Council votes needed.

By pushing a resolution that requires no vote from the Security council is pretty smart, but relying on Blix has drawbacks.