"This is a man who told the world that he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction. He's got weapons of mass destruction. This is a man who has used weapons of mass destruction," Bush said. "He's used them against his neighbors. He's used them against his own people. This is a person who can't stand America. This is a man who's had contact with al-Qaida. This is a man who has defied international bodies."

"This is a person," Bush said, "who has made the United Nations look foolish."

In Denver, he said, "The leaders of the free world have a choice to make as to whether or not Saddam is going to be allowed to defy their resolutions and weaken their capacity to keep the peace."

Earlier, the president's spokesman said the United Nations doesn't have much longer to save face.

"This is coming down to the wire," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters aboard Air Force One. "The United Nations debated this long enough."

"The time has come for people to raise their hands and cast their vote to either announce they will return to the way of the '90s - a weak, ineffective system of inspections - or recognize that Saddam Hussein is taking advantage of weakness and the world needs to do something different," Fleischer said.

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