It is worth giving Iraq one last chance to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction. Agreed? So isn't the next urgent step to get United Nations inspectors back into the country? Russia and France seem to think so; China seems ready to go along. But the answer is no. Perverse though it may seem to some, America was right to reject the return of United Nations inspectors to Iraq under a deal negotiated with Iraqi officials by the revamped special inspectorate this week. New rules will be needed before any new inspections take place. But the war-or-peace issue that ought to be gripping the Security Council is not the return of inspectors. It is Iraq's solemn duty to disarm. Council members, America sometimes included, all too easily lose sight of that.
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