Mohamed Clouseau

IBD Editorials ^ | June 23, 2008

[Kaslin]

WMD: We wouldn't put up with crime scene investigations after suspects have been given months to dispose of evidence. Yet that's the approach the U.N.'s nuclear "watchdog" is taking toward Syria's nuclear program.

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British comic actor Peter Sellers has been dead a quarter-century, but the perfect successor to his portrayal of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies has emerged: the International Atomic Energy Agency's director general, Mohamed ElBaradei.

His job is supposed to be to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and stop such means of mass annihilation from slipping into the hands of aggressors and terrorists.

So when Israel derailed the notorious terrorist client state Syria's nuclear ambitions last Sept. 6 by bombing its al-Kibar complex, where according to U.S. intelligence a clandestine nuclear reactor was nearing completion with North Korean assistance, you'd think ElBaradei would be relieved someone else did his job for him.

Instead of thanks, however, all that's been heard from the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is condemnation.

[saganite]

Oh, I don’t know. There’s bound to be nuclear residue unless Syria disposed of every scrap of blown up facility and scraped the topsoil. Whether Al Baradei will report it is another question.

[Lizavetta]

I'm glad I never knew him. From several readings it appears he was a d*ckhead times ten. But as Clouseau (and then Sidney Wang in "Murder By Death") I just love him.

[Cobra64]

[weegee]

“Eet eez Amerikkka zat ees pushing Iran to develop an atomic beum!!!” - Mohammed “Don’t call me Ishtar” Clouseau - Nobull prize winner.

[WellyP]

Baradei is a rich man and he could not have made that much money in Egypt or from his UN salary. SO, how has he become this rich? Who is paying him?