Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Blix: U.S. Not Committed to Nuke 'Bargain'

Hans is back for a few more minutes of fame...

From My Way News:
Washington isn't taking "the common bargain" of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as seriously as it once did, and that's dimming global support for the U.S. campaign to shut down the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, the former chief U.N. weapons inspector said.

Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton, by questioning the value of treaties and international law, has also damaged the U.S. position, Hans Blix said.

"There is a feeling the common edifice of the international community is being dismantled," the Swedish arms expert said.
That's pretty funny coming from the guy who used up the last of his fifteen minutes of fame trying to stall the invasion of Iraq... While WMD wasn't the only justification for the war, it was one of them...something about Hans getting all jazzed now about the US not caring about weapons proliferation rings a bit hollow.

Let's recap shall we. Since we last saw Hans...

...Saddam has been removed from power...

...the AQ Khan network was discovered and dismantled effecting North Korea and Iran for sure...

...Libya has given up on its WMD programs...

...Syria has pulled out of Lebanon...

And why did all that happen? That's right, the US doesn't care about weapons proliferation... Get back in your hole, Hans...