Sentence examples for war inspections from inspiring English sources

But because you could not synchronise the programmes, somehow or other, programme, preparation of war, inspections, you had to short-circuit the inspection process by finding the notorious smoking gun.

Not war, but inspections is what will secure Iraq's disarmament.

Treaties, sanctions, wars, United Nations inspections and bombings at best delay the work, or drive it into hiding.

Others belong to those who favor war but see inspections -- which they fully expect to fail -- as the needed triggering event for war.

President Bush chose war while weapons inspections held Saddam Hussein in check; before an international coalition agreed that it was necessary; with poor planning for the aftermath; and in the face of warnings that war could further empower extremists.

But few have owned up to the reality that it is only because of Washington's war plans that inspections and firm United Nations enforcement are on the table at all.

The participants were liberal intellectuals, and one by one they framed reasonable arguments against a war in Iraq: inspections need time to work; the Bush doctrine has a dangerous agenda; the history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East is not encouraging.

Mr. Blix even suggested that if an American-led war pre-empted the inspections in Iraq, it would "cast some shadow" on the viability of inspection as a tool in other spheres.

Mr. Lebel said he remained convinced that alternatives existed to war like "the United Nations inspections, maybe freezing Saddam Hussein's assets".

Protesters briefly interrupted Mr. Rumsfeld's testimony when they chanted, "Inspections, not war!" The Capitol police escorted three women, two carrying signs, from the hearing.

In recent months, as debate raged over inspections and war in Iraq, the consulate here was the object of some of the nastiest anti-French feeling, including dozens of angry calls and hundreds of e-mail messages.