Hans Blix

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much. ↗

— Hans Blix

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By and large my relations with the US were good. ↗

— Hans Blix

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Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries. ↗

— Hans Blix

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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were. ↗

— Hans Blix

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If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors. ↗

— Hans Blix

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If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax, dry it, and spread it through the mail and cause terror. ↗

— Hans Blix

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International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable. ↗

— Hans Blix

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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different. ↗

— Hans Blix

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It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it. ↗

— Hans Blix

#intention #management

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. ↗

— Hans Blix

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