Blix Longs for Good Old Days of Saddam

Hans Blix, that honoree of NewsMax.com's Deck of Weasels, says the people of Iraq were better off under the mass-murdering dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

"What's positive is that Saddam and his bloody regime is gone, but when figuring out the score, the negatives weigh more," the former chief U.N. weapons inspector was quoted as saying today in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten.

"That accounts for the many casualties during the war and the many people who still die because of the terrorism the war has nourished," the Swede complained. "The war has liberated the Iraqis from Saddam, but the costs have been too great."

So, should Saddam be reinstalled in Baghdad? Blix wasn't on record discussing that question.

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