The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

What the UN inspectors can do is demonstrate to the world, help the Iraqi government demonstrate to the world that the Iraqis are cooperatively disarming if that is in fact what the Iraqi government decides to do.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

The UN inspectors do not have the capability to find hidden weapons in a country the size of Iraq if the Iraqi government is working to conceal them.