Ghosts of a War Past: Hans Blix on Iraq and Iran and Illegal Wars………
“He said: "The US in 2002, that time you refer to, threw it [the UN process] overboard. I think they were high on military at the time. They said, 'we can do it'." Dr Blix added that the progress to war with Iraq was "almost unstoppable" by early 2003 and the UK was "a prisoner on that train". He told the inquiry: "Once they went up to 250,000 men and March was approaching, I think it was unstoppable or almost unstoppable - the (US) president could have stopped it, but almost unstoppable. ………….''If they had weapons, which I thought might well be the case, they had an opportunity. Now here it is, they could put the blame on some general or other.''……..The former weapons inspector compared attempts to deal with Iraq's supposed WMD in 2002-03 with current efforts to stop Tehran's ambitions to become a nuclear power. "We have economic pressure against Iran. I do not think that is illegal. I think the use of force against Iran today would be illegal," he said..….…”
Hans Blix was much maligned by the neocons who worried that his opinion could deprive them of the war they wanted to wage. He was also maligned by others.
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