This is no time to fall asleep

As we contemplate preemptive action to prevent Saddam Hussain from acquiring the world's worst weapons, it's worth understanding how the temptation to go home and get a nice quiet sleep led directly to the inevitable crisis we now face on the Korean Peninsula - where North Korea's acknowledgment of a secret nuclear weapons programme demonstrates the perils of entrusting American security to dangerously flawed agreements with rogue regimes.