Friday, May 30, 2003
Dr. Hans Blix
Executive Chairman, UNMovic
United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Dear Dr. Blix,
Did you hear what our Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz said? He said the real reason we attacked Iraq was because we wanted to withdraw our bases from Saudi Arabia. He said we used the Weapons of Mass Destruction story for “bureaucratic reasons.”
So I guess you were right all along. I’ve written a letter to President Bush alerting him to this development. I suggested he apologize to you. I hope if he does, you will accept it graciously. I’m not getting my hopes up, though. He’s pretty stubborn. (Also, his aides say he’s intelligent but not articulate--but just between you and me, I’m starting to wonder if maybe he’s missing a couple hammers in his tool kit.)
Anyway, he must be pretty embarrassed after beating you up for not finding WMD’s and now we can’t find them either. And Wolfowitz! I know you’ll be gracious and won’t gloat or anything. Just give him some wiggle room to save face, and then maybe the UN can go over to Iraq and help out, and we can all be friends again.
Sincerely,
Carl Estrada