4 months ago
ShareHe was in charge of finding the weapons of mass destruction, and consequently his name in headlines worldwide: Hans Blix. He came to Little Rock to speak to the Clinton School. But first, he sat down with Craig O'Neill to talk about the past and the future.
Hans Blix flew into Little Rock from his home in Stockholm, Sweden. He only had a brief stop in Chicago. Though experiencing jet lag, he still managed to speak to the Clinton School. He also sat down with THV's Craig O'Neill to talk about his experiences in the run up to the war and his efforts at nuclear disarmament.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Blix was in charge of the U. N. team that went into Iraq and looked for the now infamous weapons of mass destruction. He admitted his team had not finished the search before the U.S. invaded Iraq. He confessed to being frustrated by both Iraq and the U.S. He thought the next seven years of war in Iraq were a waste, but he still saluted the U.S. military for its bravery and dedication to duty.
He then talked about Iran. He doesn't think it poses a threat to the U.S., but it's possible a domino effect could occur around the use of nukes in the Middle East. However, Blix is confident that negotiations with Iran will be successful.
He heads up a consortium of world leaders against nuclear weapons. They have produced a book that details their efforts in 2006 to end nuclear proliferation. He thinks Russia and the U.S. need to take the lead in cutting out nuclear weapons altogether. Above all, he thinks we can have a nuke-free world and offers hope that those weapons will be obsolete.
