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International-UN-NGOs
U.S. should scrap missile defence plan, Blix says
2006-06-01
Hans Blix, the UN's former chief weapons inspector, and a blue-ribbon international commission say the United States should halt deployment of its missile defence system and concentrate instead arms control measures.

In a report to be presented to the UN Thursday, Mr. Blix and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission warn that missile defence systems like the one being built by the United States threaten global peace and security.

Deployment of such systems risk “creating or aggravating arms races,” says the commission's final report.

Posted by:Captain America

#36  5089 is running some weird 12cpu BeoWoof lashup with a dedicated t3. Lord knows how many minions he's got.

At least somebody's running one of those! Your own personal supercomputer. Easy, cheap, and fast (and the way supercomputers are being built today largely). Unfortunately, they're so easy that almost anyone can build one - even the bad guys (anyone who knows what they're doing could build a Beowulf cluster using cheap, off-the-shelf units like Fry's sells (Linspire GQ machine running at 1.5 GHz and easy as hell to convert to WinXP or Linux) for $149 apiece). The idea of a bad guy HQ running a supercomputer is no longer scifi.

Hey Anon5089, drop me a line off-list in regards to your Beowulf (I'm planning on building one and bought a book on 'em earlier this year).

FOTSGreg@aol.com

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-06-01 18:39  

#35  5089 is running some weird 12cpu BeoWoof lashup with a dedicated t3. Lord knows how many minions he's got.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-01 17:08  

#34  Bagged and tagged for the RB photo library. Thanks, gents!
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-01 17:07  

#33  Dang he's quick!
Posted by: DanNY   2006-06-01 16:42  

#32  You need only ask.

Posted by: DanNY   2006-06-01 16:42  

#31  
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-06-01 16:29  

#30  Can someone get a picture of Hans from TEAM AMERICA for this article. I'd get one but I'm so freaking busy. Do you know how busy I am?

God how can anyone take this joker seriously after the movie ripped him so perfectly.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-06-01 15:31  

#29  Deployment of such systems risk “creating or aggravating arms races,” says the commission's final report.

Translation: Deployment of such systems risk forcing North Korea, Iran [,and Blix'es other friends] to spend too much resources trying to counter them...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-06-01 14:57  

#28  Why aren't our leaders honest enough to name Blix what he is--an *enemy* of true peace and an obstructionist of justice?
Posted by: Crusader   2006-06-01 14:51  

#27  The U.S should scrap Hans Blix.
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-06-01 13:15  

#26  I've been a big proponent of missile defense for more than 20 years, dating back to the High Frontier days. But the most convincing argument I've ever heard why we need it is Blix saying we don't.
Posted by: Iblis   2006-06-01 13:05  

#25  ...if bullshit was music...

...then Hans Blix and the Weapons of Mass Destruction would make a good name for a rock band.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2006-06-01 12:42  

#24  Honest to God, if bullshit was music Blixie would be the Stockholm Philharmonic. What the hell are we supposed to use for defense against Nuts With Nukes, Hans-- U.N. resolutions?

Get out of the way.

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-06-01 12:39  

#23  "Deployment of such systems risk “creating or aggravating arms races,"

And just who the f*** is building systems and threatenting first use? Hint - its not the US, India, Israel, Russia or even China. Try the guys who are blackmailing other countries with them - or threatening to "obliterate" Israel.

"arms control measures"

This idiot assumes we are talking about rational opponents. The holocaust-denying antisemetic apocolyptic guys in Teheran and the cult of personality dictator in Pyongyang most definitely are NOT.

Blix is 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound sack. Why doesn't ANYONE call him out on this in public or the press?
Posted by: Oldspook   2006-06-01 12:03  

#22  Of course ABM systems are impossible to make work, that's why you have to build lots of warheads to try to swamp it when it's not working
Posted by: bruce   2006-06-01 11:55  

#21  US Agrees to build a shield of Strongly Worded Letters instead!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2006-06-01 11:00  

#20  Gee, thanks for your input, Hans. Could you stand a little to your left?...
Posted by: mojo   2006-06-01 10:13  

#19  The Swedes may have decided to commit suicide, but I rather the US not join them.
Posted by: ed   2006-06-01 10:12  

#18  Sure, Hans, because defensive systems are SO unfair to the countries who can only build offensive systems. You betcha, hon.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-06-01 09:56  

#17  We should put a Blix exemption in any missile defence agreements we make. If Hans is incountry, we are not obligated to defend you.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-06-01 09:36  

#16  Don't forget Blix is into S&M in a big way.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-06-01 09:32  

#15  Blixie's like herpes. Just when you forget about it, it shows up again...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-01 09:15  

#14  Hans' point would be better taken if other nations were not super-biusy with nasty missiles, submarine-launched weapons, nuclear experiments, armament factories etc.
Posted by: Gene the Moron   2006-06-01 09:04  

#13  Union of Concerned Scientists

Ah. That 'splains it.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-06-01 09:03  

#12  So that was what was wrong with the Middle Ages! All those walled cities just encouraged others to attack. After 1700 or so, warfare just disappeared from Europe.. didn't it?
Posted by: 11A5S   2006-06-01 08:53  

#11  Just in case you thought only one of their papers might be biased...

No 37: "WMD Crisis: Law Instead of Lawless Self-Help"
Harald Müller

"In this respect, the Iraq war was an unmitigated disaster, and the unrepentant attitude of the warmakers even after their primary rationale for military intervention - the alleged WMD stocks and programs of Iraq - proved absolutely wrong is not helpful at all (nor is the re-election of the main four pro-war governments, Bush, Blair, Fogh-Rasmussen, and Howard)."
Posted by: DanNY   2006-06-01 08:36  

#10  Oh hewwo Hans Bwix......stan a widdow mo to yo weft...a widdow mo....a widdow mo......
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-06-01 08:27  

#9  The specific paper is here: (Warning .PDF file)

No. 24 - Controlling Missiles

Some revealing snippets:

"In the long run, after change in the U.S. administration,"

"With help from others, Iran has become capable of producing its own missiles as well as nuclear weapons. Negotiation is the only practical way to control IranÂ’s nuclear and missile potential."

"China too, with an eye on Taiwan’s moves toward independence and on the deepening of its nuclear arms inferiority vis-à-vis the U.S. through deployment of U.S. missile defenses, is likely to strongly resist proposals for limiting or reducing its missile stocks. Similar considerations will sooner or later affect Russia."

Author is Jonathon Dean of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Tranzi BS

For a list of and links to all the papers go Here.
Posted by: DanNY   2006-06-01 08:16  

#8  I think Hans is on the take from North Korea and Iran.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-06-01 08:13  

#7  That would be North Korea's wet dream come true Hans old boy.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-01 07:55  

#6  OK, Hans. We will stop building our missile defense. However, if anyone shoots a missile at us, we promise to turn the entire country into a radioactive glass parking lot. And if anybody else shoots at us, we will turn that country into a parking lot as well. We have enough nukes to do it.

Or would you rather we just set up a system to shoot down any incoming missile before it hits?

Think about it. Which plan would cause less death and destruction?
Posted by: Rambler   2006-06-01 07:44  

#5  Pretty sure we'll be needing that US hardware when the Mullahs eventually get their 'toy'. There's a whole movement in Europe just wanking over the prospect of being nuked or so it seems. They should grow beards and wear burkhas in preparation. Fuckwits.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-06-01 07:30  

#4  Wonder why Hans wants to see it stopped?? So rouge fckhead states can take potshots with ICBM's at America with nasty results?? I think so. I would dearly love to know how he thinks a working missile defence sytem would make the world a more dangerous place, my only thinking is it makes the world a much scarier place for the likes of the NORKS and Iranians which is cleary who Hans is rooting for....lol Hans the dictator 'Fan Boy'
Posted by: ShepUK   2006-06-01 06:58  

#3  Hmmmm...

They appear more concerned with the US defending itself than with Iran getting nukes.

Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-06-01 06:08  

#2  Hey Blix kiss my American ass, you f*cking loser.
Posted by: djohn66   2006-06-01 04:16  

#1  Lol. Hans Brix. Like a bad penny. Blue Ribbon, eh? Make a top-shelf apple pie, do you?

Thank you so much for your unsolicited opinion. Do fuck off.
Posted by: Elmesing Spavising7222   2006-06-01 03:17  

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