Continuing to cite the UN and Inspectors as the reason we had to go to war is just insane. The UN and the Inpsectors were practically (sometimes literally) begging Bush and the necons to not invade, and never gave their support or even tacit blessings. Just a few examples:
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December 20, 2002; Guardian
"US Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday accused Iraq of "deception" and "lying" in the 12,000-page weapons inventory it handed to the UN. In his first appraisal of the dossier, Mr Blix noted that Iraq maintained it had no nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs "and that none have been designed, procured, produced or stored" since the last inspections regime ended four years ago. Mr Blix said that western governments claimed to have evidence to the contrary, but that inspectors were currently not in a position "to confirm Iraq's statements, nor in possession of evidence to disprove it." The inspectors "don't get all the support we need" from western governments, he said."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/dec/20/iraq.foreignpolicy



March 7, 2003; Blix at UN Security Council
"…at this juncture we are able to perform professional, no-notice inspections all over Iraq and to increase aerial surveillance…
…intelligence authorities have claimed that weapons of mass destruction are moved around Iraq by trucks, in particular that there are mobile production units for biological weapons. The Iraqi side states that such activities do not exist. Several inspections have taken place at declared and undeclared sites in relation to mobile production facilities. Food-testing mobile laboratories and mobile workshops have been seen as well as large containers with seed-processing equipment. No evidence of proscribed activities have so far been found.
…There have been reports, denied from the Iraqi side, that proscribed activities are conducted underground. Iraq should provide information on any underground structure suitable for the production or storage of weapons of mass destruction. During inspections of declared or undeclared facilities, inspection teams have examined building structures for any possible underground facilities. In addition, ground-penetrating radar equipment was used in several specific locations. No underground facilities for chemical or biological production or storage were found so far.
…How much time would it take to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks? While cooperation can -- cooperation can and is to be immediate, disarmament, and at any rate verification of it, cannot be instant. Even with a proactive Iraqi attitude induced by continued outside pressure, it will still take some time to verify sites and items, analyze documents, interview relevant persons and draw conclusions. It will not take years, nor weeks, but months. Neither governments nor inspectors would want disarmament inspection to go on forever. However, it must be remembered that in accordance with the governing resolutions, a sustained inspection and monitoring system is to remain in place after verified disarmament to give confidence and to strike an alarm if signs were seen of the revival of any proscribed weapons programs."

**Read carefully: "It will not take years, nor weeks, but months"
**Bush and Co. attacked 13 days later (actually the bombing started even before that)



And finally:

Sept. 16, 2004; BBC News
"The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter. He said the decision to take action in Iraq should have been made by the Security Council, not unilaterally."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm

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Now go ahead and wave your arms about 1441, because selective quotation of only that is all you have got. Period.