CarolC,

As before, I have stated that the failure of Saddam to comply with the cease-fire conditions is sufficient to allow the use of force.

"The UN again authorized a peace enforcement mission in 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. After Iraq refused to comply with UN demands to withdraw, the UN launched a military operation to expel Iraq from Kuwait. This operation was again led by the United States, and it included a vast coalition of forces from many UN member countries (see Persian Gulf War). UN-sponsored peace enforcement operations remain rare, however, because of the difficulty of getting all five of the veto-wielding great powers to agree to military action."

His non-compliance requires the original UN resolution authorizing force to be in effect. EVERY time he fired on US planes in the no-fly zone, he was committing an act of war against the UN/US forces.