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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I never had a great sense of Blix either, but surely that is because no one in this country was interested in defending or explaining his work.
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Agreed. But I think the Administration's position can be defended By pointing his his equivocation. From your quote:
"Blix still did not know for certain that Iraq had got rid of all its illegal weapons, but he saw no evidence whatever that it still had them."
If this after-the-fact characterization is true, why did Blix say after the war began that he had "no doubt"* that wmds would be found? If the chief UN inspector believed this despite seeing no evidence, how can the Administration be faulted for believing the same? There is plenty of evidence to support your central premise that the White House overstated the imminent threat of Iraq's wmds. I just think Blix is probably the least reliable.
* I have googled for an exact quote in the past but was unable to find it and was unwilling to search Nexis. I am reasonably certain he said "no doubt," though.
