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Tuesday, February 25, 2003
posted by gbarto at 11:42 AM:
Iraq Now More Cooperative, Blix SaysI'd be pretty cooperative too if I were looking down the barrel of a gun. The question is, what will Saddam do if the pressure is off? And is he actually disarming? Or just being nicer in his recalcitrance? Hint: The inside headline is, "Blix Says Iraq Signals New Cooperation." If there were actual cooperation, I don't think it would be signaled. It would just be, as Eastern mystics might say.
Iraq has sent U.N. inspectors half a dozen letters in the past few days and "there are some elements which are positive which need to be explored further," Blix told reporters before meeting his advisory College of Commissioners to discuss his upcoming report to the Security Council due by Saturday.These letters include the claim to have "found" missiles with a liquid in them at a site known to have been used in exploring the possibilities of bio-warfare. No word on whether they've a) turned over the stuff or b) agreed to destroy it. Perhaps they'll "signal" their intentions later.
I've read - don't remember where but I linked it at the time - that Blix is sincere in his efforts and truly hopes to bring peace from this mess. Watching him, I'm inclined to believe it. He is not cynical like the French, Germans and Russians, trying to play this to advantage. But he suffers the subdued but malignant arrogance that all too often afflicts the well-intentioned: he thinks that where the international community has twelve years failed, he - with his convictions and magnaminous patience - can succeed. The question is: Is the sincere hope for a peaceful resolution enough to justify leaving our troops, Israel, and indeed the whole Mid-East at risk for what a guy with Saddam's track record might do?
The TurkeyBlog thinks not.
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