At 09:16 PM 2/29/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: >On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:19, Major Variola (ret.) forwarded: >> Blix says US spied on him over Iraq >> ... >> It feels like an intrusion into >> your integrity in a situation when you are actually on the same side. > >Begging the question of whether Blix was actually on the same side as >the Brits or the US.
Hans is either being coy or naif. Of course he wasn't on our side; he was after the facts, not revenge, or colonialism. One wonders about the mindset of the UN folks. Don't they realize they are 0wn3d? Or at least herded? Perhaps I underestimate the human capacity for idealism, or gullibility. In any case, it should be clear why the US 'tolerates' the UN and planted its HQ in NYC. A fine source of PR sometimes, and a good source of intel other times. Rather tough for the UN counterintel force I imagine. PS: what's the price of gas masks in Athens these days? ----- BWM says interplanetary roadside assistance is "dodgy", but lets see them do a firmware update to a dead car a few hundred million miles away.