Blix says war leaders acted like salesmen
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Blix says war leaders acted like salesmen
The former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix weighed into the controversy over weapons of mass destruction yesterday when he accused Tony Blair and George Bush of behaving like insincere salesmen who "exaggerated" intelligence in an attempt to win support for war.
Blix is the UN Weapons Inspector who was supposed to enforce all the UN Resolutions and to bring Saddam to the table regarding his WMDs. Instead, he caved and let his people be shown only sites that the Baath minders wanted them to see (But this is our finest military weapons site sir!!! Trust me on this sir...)
I don't see diplomacy or intelligence gathering, I see damage control for the UN and it ain't pretty.
Posted by DaveH at February 8, 2004 8:40 PM