In brief:

1) 1441 was passed unanimously by the UNSC.
2) Iraq is nowhere near compliance with 1441.
3) We were patient even well after it was obvious Saddam wasn’t going to comply.
4) We were willing to pass another resolution, but it’s clear it would not pass so we’re killing it.
5) Additionally, the new resolution would’ve had a drop-dead date of today, March 17, so it doesn’t matter anyway.
6) “The moment of truth is arriving”. Bush “clearly will issue an ultimatum”.
7) Saddam is clearly guilty of violating the *MANY* previous UN resolutions.
8) The UN “is an institution” and will survive (doh), but it has “seriously damaged itself”. No, really?

The US and UK ambassadors to the UN both just were on the radio saying “fuck the UN”. And GWB has scheduled TV time for a speech tonight at 8 (EST), which happens to match up with what a lot of blog commenters were speculating on. Paraphrasing one comment from, I think, LGF: “Bill O’Reilly will never make it on tonight – it’ll be either Shep or Brit Hume all night”.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Twinkies.

Frank’s back. Bush and Chirac hold separate press conferences. Put down all liquids.

A reporter at the Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram send quite the email from his work account.

Mike Hendrix dissects an interesting Reuters bit.

William Safire joins the chrous.

Cox and Forkum strike again.

An American woman in Gaza to protest the eeevil J-E-W-S was flattened by a bulldozer.

Good grief. Pep Boys (the automotive chain) is firing employees who are in the military reserves.

Contrast with Mike and Susanna’s list of employers who support reservists.

The USAF won’t be playing around if peaceniks try to invade any bases. Comment #1 is pure comedy gold.

Another CAIR higher-up has been busted for involvement with terrorism.

Den Beste gets plagerized. Hilarity ensues.

Tim Blair notes that musicans like Ani diFranco and John ? Mellencamp are using (shock, horror) MP3s to distribute crappy anti-war songs.

Michele is from Mars and liberals have no penis.

Mark Steyn like Rummy. And don’t we all?

Peace hippies are threatening to cause trouble once the war starts. The Emperor thinks they’re forgetting who has the guns…

I think Anna could be a serious contender in the next Bloodthirstiest Blogger contest. I mean, nobody else matter-of-factly rattles off lines like “it’s nice to know the B83 has all the bells and whistles you could want in a hydrogen bomb”.

Anna has fun with the principled stands taken by the art community. Except when someone makes art that would offend liberals or any of their pet protected classes, that is. Go figure.

Stores specializing in French products are having some trouble. Heh heh heh.

Den Beste thinks the war will start very soon. We’ll see.

The BBC has an expose on how awful the US is. The Emperor is on the case.

The Dixie Chicks are furiously backpedaling after losing a ton of airplay on Southern radio stations. The Emperor ain’t buying it.

Peace activists believe the reason Americans don’t support them is because they’re using “overly complex language”. Andrea Harris uses simple short words to respond. Mheh.

The Chi”Coms” have forbidden certain Rolling Stones songs from being performed live or included on the Chinese version of the 40 Licks CD. The mind boggles what quasi-Communists have against “Brown Sugar” or “Honky Tonk Woman”.