chief of u.s. weapons inspectors in iraq and now cnn analyst and on the state department's advisory board. david, thank you for being with us. walk us through how large an operation this would have to be and the kind of a timetable realistically that we're talking about. we're talking -- you and i talked in the 8:00 hour. you said between 500 and 1,000 inspectors. that has nothing to do with even maintaining their security, right? >> right. that's correct. look, the first thing to do is to have -- what are the rights of the inspectors. you have to have freedom of movement. communications, bring your own equipment. the obligation of the government to provide security and protection. then you get on-site. inspectors of chemical weapons have to come with protective gear. you're entering environments in which chemical weapons may actually be leaking, may be quite hazardous. you're bringing all of that equipment in. you're coming over a very long and insecure lifeline. right now it has to run in from beirut, lebanon by land.