How can they demand protection? They should allow the inspection process to go on before any unilateral declaration of self-defense occurs. They ought to send in John Kerry to negotiate with Lovett because he may be able to get them a sweet deal where Lovett promises not to attack in exchange for a urine-for-food program, in which the residents put up money to feed him and, in return, he will urinate on them.
Say now, that sounds suspiciously like "The Great Society."