Here is an opportunity to watch, listen or read Democracy Now's interview with Hans Blix, former Chief UN Weapons Inspector. He also discusses Iran, Israel, and the oil crisis.
AMY GOODMAN: And your assessment of the war in Iraq today and what it has done?
HANS BLIX: I think it’s an utter tragedy that—what has happened. The US and others expected it would be a short warfare. They expected to find weapons of mass destruction. And it has now gone on for many years, and Iraq is still not at rest. So I think it shows that the military solution was an erroneous one.
Blogs I Like
- Ad B: Japan Navigator
- Adventures of a (Swedish) Salariman in Tokyo
- Amy: Blue Lotus
- Boing Boing: Wonderful Things
- Brendan: UNU OurWorld 2.0
- Hiroko & Rick: Itadakimasu
- Jared B: Tokyo Green Space
- Joan: Popcorn Homestead
- Jon: Toshogu or As I See Japan... From L.A.
- Justin B: The Rational Pessimist (Climate & Risk)
- Kat: Food Adventures in Japan
- Ken: KenElwood in semi-rural Japan
- Mari: Watashi to Tokyo
- MTC: Shisaku
- Otakimura: In The Pines
- P: Pacific Islander
- Peko Peko: Kyoto Foodie
- Richard H: Spike Japan
- Risa & Kirk: Savory Japan
- Robert: Pure Land Mountain
- Shizuoka Gourmet
- Ten Thousand Things
- Tom: Kitchen Garden in Japan
Links I Like
- News: About Sweden in English
- News: BBC
- News: Der Spiegel (Germany) in English
- News: Deutche Welle
- News: FT Asia (UK, EU)
- News: Kyoto Journal (Japan)
- News: NHK World Society & Others (Japan)
- News: People's Daily (China)
- News: Telegraph (UK)
- News: The Local (Sweden)
- News: Yomiuri Online (Japan)
- News: Yonhap (Korea)
- NGOs/News: Organic Consumers Association (US)
- NGOs: Amnesty
- NGOs: Consumers Union (US) Food
- NGOs: Consumers Union of Japan
- NGOs: Greenpeace
- NGOs: Greenz.jp
- NGOs: Japan for Sustainability
- NGOs: Japan Organic Agriculture Association
- NGOs: Japan Vegetarian Society
- Shops: Alishan Organic Center
- Shops: Eco to Waza (GreenJapan)
- Shops: Warabe Mura
- Stuff: Japan Probe
- Treehugger
6 comments:
Dr. Blix gives the neocons too much credit for honesty. I suspect he really knows that WMD were not expected but merely a pretext for a war that they had planned for years in advance.
I am sure he really knows. Hmm, from what part of the interview do you get the imporession that he "gives the neocons too much credit for honesty."
If you read the transcript, I think you may see how carefully he expresses his anger. A true diplomat caught in an impossible situation.
Well, he says "The US and others expected it would be a short warfare. They expected to find weapons of mass destruction." Did they? I don't think so. I don't think Blix really thought so. At least I hope he was not so naive.
He also says Scott Ritter was too aggressive in his comments. Sorry, but we Americans don't mince words. Perhaps if Blix were less a "diplomat" and spoke more plainly like Ritter, the world would have known that the Bush admin was LYING and would have resisted military action. Ritter was a Marine. He knew the consequences of military action - not as some abstract principal, but in blood and tears, and spoke to prevent it.
In these times, the world no longer has the luxury of dancing. We need straight talk to stop aggression before it starts. Just my humble (hehe) opinion.
I think he is 80 years old, so he has nothing to dear. I agree he should speak up on Iran, since he failed to do so before Iraq was invaded.
Oh dear... "he has nothing to fear".
I never make mistrakes.
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