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To: Clappy who wrote (14268)	3/10/2003 10:31:01 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Why We Need a Second U.N. Resolution By Joseph R. Biden Jr.* Editorial The Washington Post Monday, March 10, 2003 <<...Getting to yes on a second resolution will require hard-liners in the Bush administration to do something for which they have shown little aptitude: compromise. Instead of seeking a resolution that says the game is up and war is on, we should show enough flexibility to bring the Security Council with us while keeping the pressure on Hussein. The resolution should combine points that France and others say they want -- more time for Iraq to meet specific disarmament demands -- with a bottom line that we need: a deadline and a clear commitment to use force. We should support a new resolution that lists very specifically the tasks we believe Iraq must accomplish to show it is disarming; sets an early deadline for compliance, say the end of March; and makes clear that if Iraq does not meet the deadline, the international community will use force to disarm it. Saddam Hussein is relentlessly pursuing weapons of mass destruction, abusing his own people and making a mockery of the United Nations. With or without a second U.N. resolution, and barring a coup or last-minute conversion by Hussein, the United States will act to disarm him. But we will be infinitely better off if we act with the United Nations and with as many friends as possible -- not in spite of them. We can succeed if we show real leadership -- the kind of leadership that inspires others to follow...>> *The writer is a U.S. senator from Delaware and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.