On January 30, 2003, British politician Clare Short said, in a debate at the House of Commons: ” ‘Saddam Hussein’s regime must know that the world will remain united behind the authority of the United Nations, that he will be forced by one means or another to dismantle his weapons of mass destruction and that, if necessary, the world will be willing to use force to back up the authority of the United Nations.’ ”
– Clare Short, An Honourable Deception?, Page 166