Political Quotes

“First, I note that Hans Blix has largely, it appears to me from news media accounts, agreed with the position of the United States on what would be necessary to conduct meaningful inspections that would result in the disarmament of Saddam Hussein because, as he noted, the object here is not inspections; the object is disarmament. And inspections would be but a way to achieve that. Secondly, as I said, I think that only the most naive would believe that it is possible to have an effective regime, irrespective of what kind of resolution were adopted, as long as Saddam Hussein is in power. That is why I quoted the former U.N. inspection team leader David Kay, who made the point, with which I totally agree, that as long as Saddam Hussein is in power there, it is impossible to have disarmament of the kind that was called for at the end of the gulf war.”