Jonathan Freedland poses the question: What would you suggest? He talks about the moral question posed by Blair concerning the removal of Saddam. He suggests that
The UN could demand that Hans Blix’s team be joined by a squad of “human rights inspectors”, keeping tabs on, say, the fate of political prisoners.
Interesting idea. But I think we also should ask if it is moral for the West to impose its culture on other countries in this way – cultural imperialism you could call it. There is a debate about this issue over at the Independent.