Saddam’s greatest cheerleader, Hans Blix, said that he doesn’t think Saddam will use chemical or biological weapons for fear of turning world opinion against him:
Iraq is unlikely to use chemical or biological weapons to defend itself from a U.S.-led invasion because world opinion would turn against it, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday. “Saddam Hussein has certainly figured himself to be a sort of emperor of Mesopotamia, and the leader of the Arab world,” Blix said. “So I think he very likely cares very much about his reputation.”
Wait a sec . . . I thought Blix assured us that Saddam didn’t have any of those chemical or biological weapons.
He may not have any, but anyone can mix up a batch of chlorine and hose down the troops. It worked surprisingly well for the germans during WWI.
During WWI, all sides used chemical weapons. The gases sunk and were an effective way of attacking men in the trenches, but they did receive a horrible reputation because of that. Even Hitler refused to use them in WWII against enemy soldiers, at least on the battlefield.
I read the article about the Blix quote. Blix said:”If they have any — and still, that’s a big if — I would doubt that they would
use it because a lot of countries and people in the world are negative to
the idea of waging war”.
I said the germans because they were the first. I knew both sides used them. hitler himself was gassed a few times (he was a courier.)
I wonder where the “– and still, that’s a big if –” bit was dropped, I’ve seen it quoted without. Some of the hard line republicans seem to think that Blix is sleeping with Saddam. I think he was doing a very nasty job where everyone wants to find anything bad they can to further their position.