The fact is that Saddam cannot be reasoned with. Like Hitler he sees compromise as weakness. You tell him what he needs to do, and you tell him what you'll do unless he complies. And you have to be willing to go through with that, failure to do so only encourages him to go further.
Do we need to take immediate military action against Iraq? That depends on how great a threat he is in the short term, and convincing evidence has to be produced before that happens. But the fact is that we need, at the very least, to get weapons inspectors back into Iraq, with unrestricted access.
Iraq has been offered favorable terms for that in the past, and refused them. Now we need to give Saddam a simple message; live up to your agreements, or face the consequences.
