Hans Blix is surprisingly soft on the U.S. intelligence failure in Iraq. “It’s possible that if someone now comes and says we’d better take on Libya and North Korea, some of the credibility is gone. But in the longer term I don’t think it matters. There is a lot to do in this area [of counter-proliferation].” Blix warns Europeans against simply trying to look the other way when it comes to the dangers of proliferation: “We Europeans cannot simply resist forceful action by the United States and leave it at that. We have to take positive action also. We have to push the United States to use international organizations to face threats to our common security.” It is notable that the man who personifies cautious European multilateralism and opposition to the Iraq war is sounding more responsible on this issue than many Democrats here in the U.S.