WMD ACTION PLAN

Hans Blix's action plan for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, produced for The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, is a case study in political naiveté and
bureaucratic wishful thinking. Take these examples from the report's synopsis:

Nuclear, biological and chemical arms are the most inhumane of all weapons. Designed to terrify as well as destroy, they can, in the hands of either states or non-state actors, cause destruction on a vastly greater scale than any conventional weapons, and their impact is far more indiscriminate and long-lasting.

Gee Hans, fully fueled passenger aircraft have proven inhumane and very destructive. An attack on a liquified natural gas tanker could also do a fair bit of damage in creating a fire that could not be extinguised.

So long as any state has such weapons – especially nuclear arms – others will want them.

So, if governments eliminate existing WMD stocks no one will seek them? Wrong.

Weapons of mass destruction cannot be uninvented. But they can be outlawed, as biological and chemical weapons already have been, and their use made unthinkable.

Yep, outlawing is an effective strategy if ever there was one. The 228 page report does prove one thing: Hans is still completely clueless. Hans should retire and stay retired.