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June 3, 2006
Hans Blix Adopts the Helen Thomas Solution to Nuclear Proliferation
Hans Blix, former chief U.N. weapons inspector and international bureauweenie extraordinaire, has seconded Helen Thomas' ingenious call for ending the menace of nuclear-armed rogue regimes by outlawing nuclear weapons.
Blix led a study that in only two years reached the novel conclusion that so long as weapons of mass destruction exist in any country's arsenal, "there is a high risk that they will one day be used by design or accident."
His report includes the insight that "the first line of defense against the spread of nuclear weapons is indeed to make states feel that they don't need them." Why would reasonable, well-intentioned regimes like North Korea and Iran feel they need nuclear weapons? Why, because of the iniquitous USA, naturally. As Blix explains,
They see 130,000 American soldiers in Iraq, and they see American bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They remember that Mossadeq, who was elected premier, was ousted with subversive methods from the outside.
He had to reach back to the 1950s for Mohammed Mossadeq, who used to run Iran. The CIA is reputed to have been involved in his downfall.
A guy doesn't attain Blix's lofty status without realizing that understandable fear of the cowboy country is not the only reason a demented dictator like Kim Jong-Il and an advocate of genocide like Ahmadinejad would want nuclear weapons. There is also the fact that the USA won't ratify a nuclear test ban treaty. Says Blix:
[T]he U.S. is opposed to a ratification but the reality is probably that if the U.S. were to ratify then China would, if China did then India would, if India did Pakistan would, if Pakistan did then Iran would. So it would set in motion a good domino effect.
If we're going to fantasize about improbable domino scenarios, here's one I like better: Hans Blix decides to shut his mouth until he has something constructive to say. Then Madeleine Albright follows suit. Seeing a trend, Kofi Annan does the same, and so one until at last every pompous U.N. bureaucrat and posturing international gadfly has fallen silent.
We can dream, can't we?
Posted by Van Helsing at June 3, 2006 1:47 PM
Comments
Hans Blix and his ilk would love it if the USA had no nuclear weapons and Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela had plenty. The same way liberals want criminals to be the only people who have guns.
Posted by: V the K at June 3, 2006 4:38 PM
Blix is looking for anyone other the U.S. to align himself with. He fails to realize, there are`nt any.
Posted by: mickey at June 3, 2006 8:15 PM
You know the old saying "outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns?"
Well, imagine if we outlaw nukes and only outlaw regimes will have them.
Only a fool would take that risk.
Posted by: Mike's America at June 4, 2006 7:54 AM
Hans Blix has no idea, it only makes the rogue regimes have that much of an easier time leveling the playing field. We have seen how hard North Korea and Iran have pushed their nuclear agenda, they know they will never be on the same page as say the US or Russia. However one or two nukes really changes their position in global politcs, all of a sudden they are a force to reckoned with. If nukes were banned, they wouldn't give them up, but keep what they have and no longer have to worry over producing ever more. Then the funds that now are being pumped into the nuclear programs can be placed into conventional military installations. Banning nukes will only lead to more powerful rogue nations who now would have the freedom to push their twisted ideological agendas.
Posted by: Brooks at June 4, 2006 9:28 AM
