Well, I think Mr. Blix has done a pretty good job. He has made it quite clear that Iraq is not cooperating substantively, and that, without full Iraqi cooperation, it doesn't matter how many inspectors there are or how long you give them because they'll never be able to do the job. He's compared the current inspections to the inspections in '91 saying that more time wasn't the answer then and that now this need not have taken as long as it has.
The problem is that the anti-war movement is willing to accept any little crumb he reports about Iraqi cooperation while ignoring the glaring fact that Iraq has not, even today, come to grips with the disarmament as ordered by the UN. Mr. Blix says they haven't accepted the disarmament, he says they aren't cooperating substantively, he says the inspectors can't disarm Iraq only the Iraqis can, he says the Iraqis have to prove they don't have the weapons but they aren’t' doing it, and he says more time and inspectors are not required. Despite what Mr. Blix says, there are some nations that still think more inspectors and more time is the answer. Someone isn't listening. [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
The pro-war camp needs to get rid of Mr. Blix? No need, every time he speaks before the SC he makes the case for war. Unfortunately, some only hear the positive things he says even though they are completely negated by the lack of complete Iraqi cooperation. Maybe the nations who aren't listening to him should fire him and hire someone who will say what they want to hear.
