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Mr. Magoo Comes out of Retirement
Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix, a key figure in the run-up to this yearâs American-led invasion of Iraq, is to head a new UN commission to deal with weapons of mass destruction worldwide, he said in an interview published in Moscow on Tuesday. Blix, who retired in June after three years as head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), told the business daily Kommersant that he was forming the commission to look into WMD-related issues "in Iran, Iraq, North Korea, in the whole world".Nothing to see there, Blixie. But you already know that, right? But, hey, werenât you quoted as saying youâre more concerned with globabl warming than you are WMDs? The new commission "will appear in late January and will work for a couple of years," Blix told the paper without elaborating, although it appeared the new body would be UN-mandated. Ah. "A couple of years." Itâs all about job securuity, not global security. The former Swedish diplomat, 75, headed the UN commission that carried out 15 weeks of inspections in Iraq in the run-up to the US-led invasion but was unable to find Heâs pissed they didnât interpret things in ways that suited his requirements. Blix said he believed US President George Bush and his collaborators were sincerely convinced the banned weapons existed. "It was like the witch-hunts in the Middle Ages. If youâre convinced that witches exist, youâll look around until you find them," he said. And if you want to keep that sweet oil money flowing into UN coffers, youâll look halfheartedly or turn a blind eye. The new commission will discuss ways of ensuring that the information it receives on weapons of mass destruction are objective and of avoiding a repetition of the situation in Iraq, Blix told the newspaper. Objective? Iâm laughing so hard I just fell out of my chair. Posted by: growler 2003-12-02 |
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