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If the harbingers of a failed American foreign policy venture are the involvement of Jimmy Carter, in the beginning, and Jesse Jackson, as it moves to an ignominiously comedic conclusion, then the precursor of a failed international effort must be Hans Blix.

Blix practices a spineless version of the “realist” school of diplomacy championed by Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Baker, Anthony Zinni and others which basically says that stability trumps all and a people consigned to bondage and tyranny ain’t no big thang so long as the dictator du jour stays in his lane and confines his outrages to his own citizens. Essentially it is realpolitik unhinged from an already tenuous tie to morality. Blix takes this a step further. He’s all in favor of tyranny and he makes it his goal in life to ensure that said tyrants are kept happy because confronting them would be, well, messy.

Read on.

In an interview to the Danish newspaper Politiken Blix makes an incredible statement:

Blix said the situation would have been better if the war had not taken place.

"Saddam would still have been sitting in office. Okay, that is negative and it would not have been joyful for the Iraqi people. But what we have gotten is undoubtedly worse," he was quoted as saying.

One would hope that people of all political stripes and opinions of the war in Iraq could agree on one thing: the Iraqi people are better off without Saddam if for no other reason than the absence of Saddam creates the opportunity for improvement, an improvement that has occurred in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces which are not beset with sectarian violence, which simply did not and could not take place under Saddam and eventually under his psychopathic whelps.

Blix’s descent into moonbattery is not limited to Iraq. In an interview Die Welt we learn that Bush is to blame for a breakdown in the international nuclear non-proliferation regime:

Asked whether Bush's stance on nuclear weapons has caused a backlash by new proliferators, Blix replied, "Yes, the US has sent a signal of arrogance, a signal that the rest of the world should do what the US demands but the US is above it all and can do what they like.

"Since the US has been the backbone of non-proliferation efforts for decades, this has undermined the credibility of the whole effort.

One can’t help but note the irony of his follow-up non-sequitur to this incredible statement:

”The death of NPT is highly exaggerated. Both the problems of Libya and Iraq have been solved.”

In this he suavely ignores how Libya and Iraq were “solved” and it wasn’t through diplomacy or making Saddam or Qadaffi feel safe and secure.

Not content with that he has kibitzed on North Korea:

A tough-line stance against North Korea in wake of its nuclear weapons test could lead to an armed response from Pyongyang, former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday.

In an interview with Swedish Radio, Blix said sanctions and threats of military attacks against North Korea was likely to lead to further escalation instead of a diplomatic solution.

"If you look at North Korea's previous reactions when they have been exposed to threats, things have usually escalated," Blix said. "It is a dangerous situation."

Blix also warned against pressuring China to stop and search North Korean ships for banned weapons and materials, an issue that has created tension between Beijing and the United States over U.N. Security Council sanctions for the North's nuclear test. China has so far balked against U.S. pressure to stop the ships, saying it could trigger military clashes.

"If you start stopping their ships ... there is a risk you will get an armed response," Blix said. "It's like a powder keg out there, and the spark could be lit."

China, fortunately, disagrees with Blix on this and one would think the ChiComs have a bit better understanding of the situation and risks than does this Swedish milquetoast.

Taken together one really has to admit that Matt Stone and Trey Parker were really onto something and maybe we shouldn’t rely on Kim Jong Il to carry it off.