[Big Bad Bob]

I've got some interesting facts about Mr Blix, but they don't add up. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sweden from 1978-1980, when the Liberal Party got into power. This is the dodgy part. The Liberal Party was a ultra-left, almost Radicalist party, with Marxist beginnings, but according to the information which I been able to gather in the five minutes, does not describe the Party as a Socialist party. WHY?

[Carolina]

...does not describe the Party as a Socialist party. WHY?

Is there a credible conservative movement in Sweden? Or is socialism soooo mainstream that to label oneself "socialist" is redundant.

[Quilla]

I've got some interesting facts about Mr Blix, but they don't add up.

Per Ahlmark, former Dep. Prime Minister of Sweden makes the math even more interesting in a Wall Street Journal article from January, 2003:

"Indeed, in 1999, Mr. Ekéus made the shortlist for Mr. Blix's current position but was vetoed by Russia, then France. As the former chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, writes in his book, "Saddam Defiant," the Russians were taking marching orders directly from Baghdad. In Mr. Butler's book, Ambassador Sergei Lavrov is quoted as saying that Russia "blocked the Ekéus nomination because Iraq did not want him!" He goes on to say that all appointments were to be treated the same way -- approval from Iraq was mandatory. When Hans Blix's candidacy was discussed, no veto arrived from Baghdad.

With the go ahead from Saddam, Russia and France threw their support behind Mr. Blix and he was soon approved by the Security Council. The Clinton administration seems to have been too paralyzed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal to put up a fight. Thus, you could say that Hans Blix was handpicked by the very regime he was to inspect and disarm."