it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the U.N. inspectors.

What it warned of was this: it's very important that we don't replace one dictator, Saddam Hussein, with another. I totally agree with that.

If Saddam Hussein is not prepared to disarm himself voluntarily, ... then we have no option but to do it by force.

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

There is a lot of proof [supporting the U.S. case against Iraq] -- the proof of failure to allow inspectors in and failure to allow inspectors, once in, to conduct inspections in an unfettered manner.

The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.