No offense, but America, Israel and the "West" in general are not throwing around comments like "wipe Israel off the map" and such. People like that are not rational and they should not be treated with weak "Diplomacy" while they build atomic bombs to make their threats come true. While I am for peace first and foremost, I dont believe that anyone could have talked "Hitler" into peace by weak "diplomacy". He needed his @ss kicked! My dear Hans Blix, while agree with most everything you said, it is with deep regret that I feel what you said does not apply to Iran (or at least their leaders). I believe that the people of Iran are being brainwashed into believing that their leaders are only trying to develop nuclear energy for peace and when they get a bomb and drop it on Israel to bring about the Mahdi, then unfortunately the Iranian people will have to pay with their lives. If there is any chance of diplomacy working it will be by the very people who elected these nuts by over throwing them (regime) and installing a rational regime that wants to better the lives of the people themselves by utilizing the wealth of the oil rich nation for more important things other than paying for missles for hezbollah, AK 47's for Hamas and the IED's/EMF's that are killing our troops in Iraq. If they do that, they can have all the d@mn security guarantees they want, cuz we wont have such a problem with them!

needed to move proceedings along.

now he got crazy again.

Take that, Hans Blix! Sure, you told the world Iraq had no WMDs, and instead of listening we spent a ton of energy making fun of you, and then when it turned out that you were right it made us look stupid! Now here you are warning us that our approach to Iran isn't working, but we're goign to make fun of you again and dismiss you because you don't know what you're talking about! Then we're going to charge into another disasterous war in Iran! Who looks stupid now, huh? Oh, right, still us...

This useless (and useful) idiot wouldn't know a nuclear threat if he tripped over it.

This is the biggest Crock of BS I have ever heard. Blix is an expert of nothing...He is a loser....He suceeded in Nothing of consequence. Hell I would humiliate Irans current leqders every chance I could get....They deserve not respect.....They are killers.

Blix doesn't care about Iranian threats to GCC countries and Israel. As an inspector, Blix cares his pay master's(Iranians) interests. People have their own pride must respect the pride & existance of others too. Embarking on 'Mission impossible' events such as wishing to erase others from map is not worthy of more carrots approach. It is better to face the threat now before it becomes Monster. Also world must control Pakistan before its nukes falls into the hands of Mullahs.

Now we have a new excuse for Iranian non-compliance - they're humiliated. Actually, it's the EU that should feel humiliated by Iranian behavior during more than 3 years of useless talks. And he continues, threats of military intervention are dangerous. As if a nuclear Iran wasn't dangerous. There is no limit to Eurabian appeasement .

So, Blix, find for yourself something else to do...

Humiliate Iran. What have they ever done to deserve such scandalous treatment! After all they have done for the US and West! Like hold the US embassy hostages for 444 days, screaming death to the West, threatening Israel, US and Europe with death and destruction all in the name of enlightenment and peaceful religious conversion. With Blix's astute political reasoning I'd like to take this time to nominate Hans Blix as president of the UN. He'll fit right in with that bunch of clowns

The Iranians would never use a nuclear device on Israel for two major reasons.. A nuclear device would annihlate the Arab populance.. A nuclear attack on any sovergnty would surely bring about a nuclear retalaition.. Iran must learn that bulding a nuclear device is a waste of time and money.. The world does not need a nuclear Iran yet.. If their intentions are for peaceful purpose why not wait until the world is ready for a nuclear Iran?

I don't care if you're moslem, jewish, christian, if you preach hate against others then you should be humiliated and ripped a new one. The moslem nations have for a long time been threatening Jews either through words or actions. Finally, comeuppance is here. Doesn't feel too good does it?

Hans Blix, your so right. It shames me that american leaders treat others in other countries as if they don't have a right to their beliefs. GWBush has really destroyed all his decency by using carrots along with his negative rhetoric. I pray these so called christian leaders will finally understand that others should be treated fairly. Who do these so called american christian leaders think they are? God? respectively Danielle Clarke philadelphia pa suburbs USA

Is a total moron. The Iran government has violated signed treaties and now they must be bribed to fulfill the their basic obligations. No the time is to DEMAND they fulfill those requirements not to provide them with anything. That guy has learned absolutely nothing

It was not Mars and it was not Venus maybe Neptune or Uranus

israel got its medicine from hezbullah last summer & the U.S. is getting the same in Iraq & Afghanistan. the more iran ignores the bullies, the louder & more frequent the threats become; and they're taken less seriously by Iran

In your hurry to condemn Blix, you all completely miss the point. Thank God you people aren't running the country, you couldn't negotiate your way into a movie theater with a ticket in your hands. Presumably the goal is to get Iran to back down on uranium enrichment. All Blix is saying is the way to achieve that is not to humiliate them. He's may well be right, and he's certainly not "blind, "corrupt" or a "clown" for holding this sensible opinion. Just because he doesn't go along with the irresponsible mob mentality we see here from you clowns you hate him. It's really pathetic that you seem to think the way forward is to provoke a war we might win but which could result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

the Christians in Bethlehem. Hey Hans dont you think the Islamic based government of Sudan is humiliating the Christians in the Sudan. Hey Hans.. WAKE UP>>>>>..

no one by helping out with a couple somethin'-somethin' s to blow up and harm the united states soldiers. Iran is humiliating no one by saying the holocaust never happened.....Iran is humiliating no one by threatening Israel and the U.s. WHAT A CREEP.

So far Europe has been offering Iran alot of carrots and very few sticks, the economic insentives Iran wont go for that one Ahmajahadid allready said that Iran wont accept a North Korean style insientive package to end its neuclear program. Unlike North Korea Iran has plenty oil dollars so economic packages will have only limited effects. Blix is an idiot who should stay out of things he doesnt understand .. Iran is not some kind of good natured misundersood country thats been badly treated so stay out of politcs.

The Iranians dont give a dam about the arabs especialy the palestians who just like their arab brothers use them simply as pawns in the wider war against Israel they would happiy kill every palestian out there if it would also result in the destruction of Israel so dont consider them to be any kind of deterent to an attack against Israel. Iran is also run by a bunch of religious crazy men who belive in the death cult they will be safe in their bunkers while everybody else become martyrs to the cause. Its an unpredicitble leadership and that makes them dangeours.

Either mr Blix is suffering from age, or he has an extremely selective approach....Mr Blix forgets that since the arrival in power of the Islamic leadership in iran, that country has waged Jihad against the rest of the world after taking hostage its own population and depriving iranian of the most basic civil liberties in the name of submission to God. Iran has proven that it waspositively unreliable in the concert of nations . Iranian leadership has made clear threats against " the west " and Israel. Iranian leadership has clearly indicated its willingness to eradicate Israel and the west is humiliating the psychotic ahmadinedjad ? Come on Mr Blix, do not let us think that you are on Mahmoud's payroll and that you approve of iranian's foreign policy. You might want to think about refraining from public statements in the future short of fully decredibilizing yourself...if you have any credibility that is....If I remember your time in activity , theire is not much to ba proud about !

I stand by my post. If Iran is being humiliated it is nobodies fault but their own. Look at how they have behaved since their revolution. Taking hostages and holding them in our case for 444 days was a effort on their part to humiliate the US. Their unceasing riots with death to America, Israel and the West are constant on going events. The holocaust denial and endless other banal acts on their part cross the line of reasonable behavior. Now I used the word reasonable here on purpose because if we were dealing with people that could be reasonable and could reason we wouldn't have to be forceful, which may be humiliating in some peoples eyes. I just believe in the face of the facts we are acting in a defensive manner and protecting ourselves. Also if we posters are that stupid what does that say about our government, we are just agreeing with what they are doing whether we like the situation are not. To be honest I feel you are the one with the perception problem