Comments on: Hans Blix urges Blair to rethink Trident weapons

By: Weapons of Mass Destruction » The Bartlett Diaries

Weapons of Mass Destruction » The Bartlett Diaries — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:36:56 +0000

[...] The Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Dr Hans Blix, is reported on this blog as saying that we have “stagnated�? regarding disarmament, and are rearming with Trident at a time when our warheads have almost halved from the peak of the cold war when they numbered 50,000 to 27,000 today. [...]

By: Ellee

Ellee — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:18:39 +0000

Gracchi, It is clear that Hans Blix doesn’t wear a political hat, his views are based on evidence, and the wish for disarmamanet. I think he has an excellent grasp of the political situation, but does not want to be compromised by Governments for their own ends.

By: Gracchi

Gracchi — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:46:49 +0000

I heard Blix say this very thing today in Cambridge to an audience too- I thought he was the typical international lawyer strong on process and empiricism- he was right about Iraq’s weapons- but his weakness was the politics of the situation.

By: David Vance

David Vance — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:23:16 +0000

Ellee,

Blix is a terror-appeasing dhimmi.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:25:25 +0000

Cripes, why do need need 27,000 nuclear warheads? That could destroy life on earth!

By: Man in a Shed

Man in a Shed — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:02:14 +0000

The question I ask is which country will be the first to have Nuclear weapons used against it this century. My short list is:

Israel (by Iran)
Iran (by Israel and/or the US)
Pakistan (by India)
India (by Pakistan)
The UK (by Iran / Al Q etc)
US ( by almost everyone – except France and the UK)
Japan (by North Korea)
North Korea (by the US)

What stops this from happening ? Its the thought of the retaliation from the victim.

South Africa is not threatened by nuclear menace – if they were then they would not have disarmed. Hans Blix may be disarming charming, but his deluded if he thinks disarmament will proceed to completion.

The answer is firmer defence, free trade and countries taking collective responsibility. Not another round of 1920′s style disarmament. ( The last time the UK dropped its guard the Falklands were invaded by a supposed Western country).