The UN asked Iraq to disarm, but Iraq did nothing. So the United States put a gun to Iraq’s head and said “disarm punk”. Iraq made the minimum concessions to keep the trigger from being pulled. And when the US said not good enough, France via the UN said we won’t let you pull the trigger. So the US has now put the gun to the UN’s head and said “If that’s the way you want to play it, you first, then Iraq.”