[summer]

FYI.

[pgkdan]

The Security Council, as we said the other day, needs to pass a new resolution that sets a deadline for unconditional Iraqi compliance and authorizes military action if Baghdad falls short. Without that, the French proposal that Mr. Blix and Dr. ElBaradei report again in mid-March is the diplomatic equivalent of treading water. It practically invites President Bush to take the undesirable step of going to war without the support of the Security Council.

Nonsense. While I'll admit that this is tough talk for the panty waists at the NYT, but the for deadlines and threats has passed. That boat sailed a long time ago.

The Security Council gave Iraq the kind of deadline the NYT is talking about here...they had 90 days to disarm, in 1991...by my reckoning more than 4,015 days have past since that deadline expired and we're still looking at a chemically and biologically armed Iraq.

President Bush is right, it's time for action and the UN can step up to the plate or they can fade into oblivion. My guess is that they've got less than 2 weeks to make up their minds.

[mware]

Morning summer,

This is astounding coming from the NYT.

[Travis McGee]

Only UNamericans put the UN before America!

[VRWC_minion]

Memo to self: Rethink my posistion on Iraq.

[CyberAnt]

THE NYT - are there pigs flying anywhere ...??