Posted on 10/27/2006 6:46:30 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet
Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Wednesday described the United States-led invasion of Iraq as a "pure failure" that had left the country worse off than under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
In unusually harsh comments to Danish newspaper Politiken, the diplomatic Swede said the US government had ended up in a situation in which neither staying nor leaving Iraq were good options.
"Iraq is a pure failure," Blix was quoted as saying. "If the Americans pull out, there is a risk that they will leave a country in civil war. At the same time, it doesn't seem that the United States can help to stabilise the situation by staying there."
War-related violence in Iraq has grown worse, with dozens of civilians, government officials and police and security force members being killed every day. At least 83 US soldiers have been killed in October - the highest monthly toll in 2006.
Blix said the situation would have been better if the war had not taken place.
"Saddam would still have been sitting in office. Okay, that is negative and it would not have been joyful for the Iraqi people. But what we have gotten is undoubtedly worse," he was quoted as saying.
Blix led the UN inspectors that searched for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the US-led invasion in 2003. He came under heavy fire from Washington when he urged US President George Bush to allow the weapons inspectors and the International Atomic Energy Agency to continue their work as a way to stave off a war.
Ultimately a US-led coalition invaded Iraq and no such weapons were found. - Sapa-AP
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During WWII, "the policy of Sweden during World War II was to remain neutral. When hostilities began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear." An important factor that allowed them to maintain neutrality "was the concessions the Swedish government was forced to make to Germany, such as allowing the Wehrmacht to use Swedish railways to transport an infantry division from Norway to Finland, and to transport soldiers on leave between Norway and Germany. However, Sweden's inability to take a stand was partly related to her geographical position (as opposed to that of Great Britain), and can also be related to what is a typical cultural tendency in Sweden: to avoid conflict and confrontation as much as possible, which for non-Swedes is and was difficult to understand. Sweden's cooperation with Germany was not worse than that of many other countries in Europe, and one might argue that Sweden, while never invaded, was more or less occupied by default." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II
In Blix's mind, it was better to let Hitler run through his nation, exterminating jews, and basically destroying Europe. Blix needs to be tried and shot.
Geez I wish I could find his email address....
If the Dems had their way...this guy would STILL be the weapons inspector....and Saddam would be in power.
While Blixie would be going in the front door of a building to inspect...Saddam would be shuffling his weapons, and the money from the OFF program out the back...and on the way...killing a few more thousand Iraqis...
All in a day's work.
The way the MoHamHead population is increasing in Sweeden, Hans will have an opportunity to live under a MoHamHead dictator or Sharia law real soon.
Let him comment on the benefits of living under Saddam's bootheel then.
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Well, Hans I guess murdering 3 or 4 hundred thousand people tends to keep the citizens in line....(s)
drop this dumb ass in a shark tank where he belongs.
Put the question this way: If after WWII, Germany had erupted into partisan violence or civil war, would Blix have claimed the country was better off under Hitler?
Someone should ask him exactly that.
"Iraq is a pure failure," Blix was quoted as saying
No..Hans Blix and the UN are a complete failure.
Blix and Kerry and all the democrat Morons, keep thrying to explain their past failures, Bush stole the election..etc.
Blix was a dupe and couldn't find a firecracker in Iraq.
so now he must trash Bush.
it's Like some kind of Liberal Hasbeen mantra...
"Please love me!" "I Hate Bush"..I need Work!...
Sign on has-been liberal on the corner...Will Trash Bush for Food.
They are true Scum.
Patton: BLIX you friggin' IDIOT!! Your country is being used like a cheap french WHORE!!! GEt up and FIGHT!!! Blix: Sorry sir, its just that I can't take it. Uh..did the dry cleaners call to say my suits are ready?
Hans McGoo's Bank Account was better under Saddamn!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Write to him c/o Mr. Magoo.
This guy couldn't find his ass with two hands and a map!!
"Well, Hans I guess murdering 3 or 4 hundred thousand people tends to keep the citizens in line....(s)"
They were 'bad' people and they were in the way and they would have died anyway so saddam did them a favor and ...
You can reach him at Snivellingcowardlyweasel@headinthesand.org
c'mon, opinions are like assholes.
his is as common as they come and should be treated as such. did anyone tell him its really not about iraq?
What does a Swede know or care about freedom? Their chains rest lightly upon them, and always have.
There are a lot of people out there who believe nothing is wrong, unless the United States does it. If the United States does it, then everything is wrong.
I sure it was. As long as you weren't one of the Iraqis being jailed, raped, tortured, murdered, spied on, and otherwise oppressed I've no doubt life was just fine. Problem is that that group comprised Saddam, his boys, and some of their family members and that was about it.
Okay, that is negative and it would not have been joyful for the Iraqi people. But what we have gotten is undoubtedly worse,"
The Kurds and most Shi'ites would disagree with that.
"as you weren't one of the Iraqis being jailed, raped, tortured, murdered, spied on, and otherwise oppressed"
And that's why, in the mind of the Shiites, paybacks are hell to the Sunnis, and probably why Maliki is allowing the death squads of Sadr roam freely.
I know this sounds a bit naive, but we're living in an era that doesn't undertand how things work. For anyone to believe that we could have gone in and immediately made Iraq a utopia is just absurd. Anything good is worth fighting for. Antyhing good takes time. We live in a TIVO, fast forward society, one that doesn't understand process, only end results. This is reflected in all areas of our Society.
"We live in a TIVO, fast forward society, one that doesn't understand process, only end results. This is reflected in all areas of our Society."
Yes, WE do. But the true-believing, world-wide, Islamic followers (not the moderated muslims with TIVO in the US living in fairfax county, VA) put as much emphasis and energy on "process" (destroying the infidels as a way of life both politically and spiritually) as much as the "end" (desired Islamic domination).
You're right....and that's very, very scary.
Yes, the world would be better off with a man who would drop chemical weapons on his own people and per his non cooperation with teh UN, and per discovery of documents, had every intent to recommence (if not actually still developing) a wmd program....Yes Blix, Iraq and the world would be much better off. Moron.
Ask those people who got dropped into the scrap shredders feet first under Sadam's regime.
Germany was in pretty good shape under Hitler - if you overlook the concentration camps, the total denial of human rights, and the propensity to bully people.
> Could you move over just a little bit, Hans?
>> Here?
> Just a little bit more.
"Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance -- not even today -- of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusnewsiraq.asp?NewsID=354&sID=6
"The nerve agent VX is one of the most toxic ever developed.
13,000 chemical bombs were dropped by the Iraqi Air Force between 1983 and 1988, while Iraq has declared that 19,500 bombs were consumed during this period. Thus, there is a discrepancy of 6,500 bombs. The amount of chemical agent in these bombs would be in the order of about 1,000 tonnes."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusnewsiraq.asp?NewsID=354&sID=6
Germany was briefly consumed by looting, arson, and random violence in the immediate aftermath of the war. While the violence was quelled far more quickly than in Iraq, it wouldn't have mattered at all to Mr. Blix who, being Swiss, would have been officially "neutral". Nazis, Americans, Soviets: all the same to Switzerland as long as there was money to be made off of them.
"I have mentioned the issue of anthrax to the Council on previous occasions and I come back to it as it is an important one.
Iraq has declared that it produced about 8,500 litres of this biological warfare agent, which it states it unilaterally destroyed in the summer of 1991. Iraq has provided little evidence for this production and no convincing evidence for its destruction.
There are strong indications that Iraq produced more anthrax than it declared, and that at least some of this was retained after the declared destruction date. It might still exist. Either it should be found and be destroyed under UNMOVIC supervision or else convincing evidence should be produced to show that it was, indeed, destroyed in 1991."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusnewsiraq.asp?NewsID=354&sID=6
Sooooo,
How much was Hans Blix getting from that oil for food thingy??
I have pictures of baby clothes, womens jewelry and other articles of clothing along the edges of the mass graves south of Baghdad that Blix may get a laugh out of. Jessm
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Who gives a flyin' fish fart what Hans Blix thinks?
I guess Hans is still ticked that the US cut off his UN's "Bribes for Oil for Food" program.
Rape Rooms 
Wood chipper technique for difficult prisoners Definitely not a "joyful" experience having your toes turned into hamburger. But your shoes would cost less. Sandals would be tough.
March, 2003
The SIX LIST. Now THIS, is control:
"The scientists whose houses were searched are being asked by the UN inspectors to leave the country for interviews. They are vehemently refusing to leave
Physicist Faleh Hassan Al Basri said a female American inspector told him the United Nations could help expedite departure for him and his wife, who has diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney stones.
"Never, never, never ever," Al Basri told reporters. "Even if I have instruction from my government, I would not leave my country."
They are strongly motivated to stay in Iraq because they do not want their entire families out to the level of 6th cousins killed by Saddam in retribution.
Iraqi exiles told London's Sunday Times that scientists with vital information for the UN inspectors had been forced by the Saddam regime to produce the names of scores of relatives to intimidate them against giving evidence.
The exiles claimed Saddam's secret police had formed what was called a "Six List" of family members – meaning that everyone up to and including sixth cousins would be killed if key information was revealed.
In Iraq's close-knot family structure, that meant hundreds of deaths."
As much as I think Blix is a pacifist moron, Iraq is going nowhere right now and the American people as a whole are upset about it including me. We made critical mistakes in not destroying militias early. Instead we let them throw a few light weapons in a pile and regroup under Iran. This is the same failed hands tied behind our back strategy that lost us the war in Vietnam in which a million south vietnamese died when we pulled out. I say either get serious and wage serious war or bring our boys home.
But... but... I thought GWB was just as bad as Saddam! Doesn't GWB murder entire extended families because someone says something he doesn't like?
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Wasn't he eaten by a shark?
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