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Nitram

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21. I'm not sure Blix was destroyed, although they tried their best to discredit him.

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Fri Dec 4, 2015, 11:37 AM

Dec 2015

I'd say his reputation was actually improved for standing up to the Bush administration, and by the fact that he was subsequently proved 100% correct. He worked for the U.N., not Bush.

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2002 Bush is enraged that UN weapons inspectors are not finding any hidden weapons. [View all] Nitram Dec 2015 OP

Mass murderers, W and Cheney... randys1 Dec 2015 #1

+1,000 malaise Dec 2015 #6

Selective memory is not helping the future! RayLib Dec 2015 #2

I'd suggest looking at a timeline before accusing anyone of "selective memory" Nitram Dec 2015 #4

More selective fact finding! RayLib Dec 2015 #9

im shocked shocked i tell ya to see bernie supporters mis-representing the truth saturnsring Dec 2015 #13

BS on steroids malaise Dec 2015 #8

De Nile is not just a river RayLib Dec 2015 #10

bs was your cherry picked intelligence saturnsring Dec 2015 #15

your? RayLib Dec 2015 #17

yes you posted it it's yours saturnsring Dec 2015 #19

Amazing RayLib Dec 2015 #20

I remember CNN before invasion... ReasonableToo Dec 2015 #3

We are so ignorant of what's going on around the world... RayLib Dec 2015 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #18

Like it made a flea's fart of difference gratuitous Dec 2015 #5

Bush was determined to get his war on RayLib Dec 2015 #11

He pretty much destroyed Hans Blix Photographer Dec 2015 #7

I'm not sure Blix was destroyed, although they tried their best to discredit him. Nitram Dec 2015 #21

Madison: The means of defence against foreign danger... RayLib Dec 2015 #14

Oh, he would manage to see the lighter side of the missing WMDs deutsey Dec 2015 #16