Now that the United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution threatening serious consequences if Iraq Saddam Hussein impedes the arms inspectors, we will see. In a press conference today, just after the signing, President George W. Bush said:

The outcome of the current crisis is already determined: the full disarmament of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq will occur. The only question for the Iraqi regime is to decide how. The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.