Hans Blix

[Tim4319]

I am sure this is a duplicate! But, I could not find anything on it. I read this article on the obstacles Hans Blix faced as far as doing his job. And, what make it so bad, it wasn't Saddam that gave him the biggest problems. Dick Cheney and George Bush did not help to make things easy for him.

This is the article I read from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/16/blix.back.ap/index.html

[sangh0]

1. Ex-U.N. Inspector Has Harsh Words for Bush

Ex-U.N. Inspector Has Harsh Words for Bush

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/international/middleeast/16BLIX.html

Hans Blix, the former chief United Nations weapons inspector, said Monday that the Bush administration convinced itself of the existence of banned weapons based on dubious findings before invading Iraq and was not interested in hearing evidence to the contrary.

"I think they had a set mind," Mr. Blix said on the NBC News program "Today" as he began a ten-day American book tour in the week marking the first anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq....

...In the book, written in the same judicious and patient style that Bush administration officials disparaged when they criticized his approach to inspections, Mr. Blix concedes that as late as a month before the war, he still thought the Iraqis were concealing banned weapons."

[markses]

3. Mr. Blix has explicitly said in TV interview

that this was a "gut feeling," but that one doesn't make intelligent decisions (by definition) on "gut feelings." His job was to make determinations of fact, not report his secret thoughts about the situation. That process was moving forward when Mr. Bush launched his war.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. my sister just called me

to say that she had listened to the Blix interview at npr.org and it was great! I need to clean my office this afternoon, so I think I'll take that opportunity to listen.