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Saturday, February 15, 2003
posted by gbarto at 2:06 AM:
The Washington Post, at least, is unimpressed with the efforts by world sit-arounders (leaders would be inaccurate) to shut down action against Iraq. It's important, because if - probably when - we go it alone, we at least want reasonable people in the US to be agreed upon basic principles and the WaPo, unlike Raines' NYT can make at least some claim to offering reasoned and principled liberal opinion. Here's the final graf:Yesterday's session diminished hope that the council will face up to the responsibility of implementing its resolutions on Iraq. Mr. Blix did report that Iraq has produced dozens of illegal missiles that should be destroyed; if Iraq refuses orders to do so in the coming weeks, the council could feel compelled to respond. Both the inspectors and the French also contended that inspector-managed disarmament could be completed quickly. If that's the case, then they should be prepared to set a deadline for full Iraqi compliance. The Bush administration still intends to seek another council resolution, and it should do whatever it can to prevent the Iraq debate from damaging the United Nations and the NATO alliance -- including curbing the intemperate rhetoric it has directed at Paris and Berlin. But the United States cannot again join the Security Council in backing down from a confrontation with the Iraqi dictator, as it did repeatedly during the 1990s, also under pressure from France and Russia. Saddam Hussein was offered a "final opportunity"; no member of the council contends that he accepted it. Even if others lose their nerve, the United States must ensure that this time the dictator suffers the "serious consequences" that are due.
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