According to a report in The Washington Post, a senior U.S. foreign diplomat said the U.S. is sending a message to fellow members of the U.N. Security Council: “You are not going to decide whether there is war in Iraq or not. That decision is ours, and we have already made it. It is already final. The only question now is whether the Council will go along with it or not.” Yesterday, the U.S., Britain and Spain put forward a new resolution declaring that Iraq missed its last chance to disarm. The U.S. is also warning that the future of the United Nations is at stake if the Security Council does not back Washington’s plan. In response, France, Russia and Germany called for four more months of strengthened inspections. A vote on the U.S. resolution is expected in the second week of March. White House officials hinted military action could follow immediately.