Hans speaks

[Gonz]

and still nothing comes but blah blah blah

Blix: US was bent on war

Nicholas Watt
Saturday April 12, 2003
The Guardian

War against Iraq was a foregone conclusion months before the first shot was fired, the chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has claimed.
In a scathing attack on Britain and the US, Mr Blix accused them of planning the war "well in advance" and of "fabricating" evidence against Iraq to justify their campaign.

Letting rip after months of frustration, he told the Spanish daily El Pais: "There is evidence that this war was planned well in advance. Sometimes this raises doubts about their attitude to the [weapons] inspections."

Mr Blix said Iraq was paying a "a very high price in terms of human lives and the destruction of a country" when the threat of banned weapons could have been contained by UN inspections.

The 74-year Swedish diplomat made clear that he believes he was misled by President Bush. At a White House meeting last October Mr Bush backed the work of Unmovic, the UN inspection team.

But at the time Mr Blix knew "there were people within the Bush administration who were sceptical and who were working on engineering regime change". By the start of March the hawks in Washington and London were growing impatient.

He said he believed that finding weapons of mass destruction had been relegated as an aim and the main objective had become the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

 

[Professur]

War against Iraq was a foregone conclusion months before the first shot was fired, the chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has claimed.

No shit. Really?

In a scathing attack on Britain and the US, Mr Blix accused them of planning the war "well in advance"

As opposed to sending in untrained troops with no planning at all?

Letting rip after months of frustration, he told the Spanish daily El Pais: "There is evidence that this war was planned well in advance. Sometimes this raises doubts about their attitude to the [weapons] inspections."

Well, sure he's frustrated. He got fired, and now noone wants to hire him.

Mr Blix said Iraq was paying a "a very high price in terms of human lives and the destruction of a country"

Hmmm. Thousands dead as opposed to millions? And people surrendering not being shot or tortured?

when the threat of banned weapons could have been contained by UN inspections.

Considering all he found were some empty warheads???

The 74-year Swedish diplomat made clear that he believes he was misled by President Bush. At a White House meeting last October Mr Bush backed the work of Unmovic, the UN inspection team.

Ah. That explains much. He was obviously under the impression that he was there for something other than finding banned weapons.

But at the time Mr Blix knew "there were people within the Bush administration who were sceptical and who were working on engineering regime change".

Very good people it would seem

By the start of March the hawks in Washington and London were growing impatient.

As most employers do when their contractors are dragging out a job.

He said he believed that finding weapons of mass destruction had been relegated as an aim and the main objective had become the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

As opposed to his main objective of staying employed and enjoying the best hotels Bagdad has to offer.

 

[outside looking in]

Why is it "bad" that this war may have been planned for months, or even years? Shit, this should have been done a decade ago. Thank god we didn't drag it out another decade at the cost of another million lives.

 

[Jeslek]

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[PT]

That's what I thought when I read it. I guess he would have preferred that on a spur of the moment, we had just dropped our troops in with no planning whatsoever. Fucking retard.

 

[Ardsgaine]

And the minimal amount of progress he was making on the inspections was entirely due to the fact that we were planning an invasion and pouring troops into Kuwait. Does he really think that Saddam coughed up those Al Samouds because he was so impressed with Hans Blix? What a self-deluded idiot.

 

[Professur]

Sadly, with a name like Blix, who do you think the Germans and Russians believe?

 

[Ardsgaine]

It wouldn't matter if his name was John Smith, as long as he says what they want to hear.

 

[flavio]

I think maybe he's saying that you don't plan an invasion and then try to find justification afterwards.

A cart before the horse type of thing.

 

[Gonz]

and his name tag has a bold UN on it