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ElBaradei: Idiot

World | Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:00:49 am PDT

Today’s jaw-dropping example of United Nations idiocy comes from the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, who declared that his agency is powerless to do anything about nuclear proliferators who don’t tell the truth.

He actually seems surprised to discover that nations like Iran and Saddam-era Iraq would try to hide their nuclear programs. Say it ain’t so, Mohamed!

Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the crux of the problem was that some countries under investigation, the latest being Syria, had failed to ratify an agency protocol permitting short-notice IAEA visits to sites not declared to be nuclear to ensure no bomb-related work was going on at secret locations.

“Our legal authority is very limited. With Iraq, we have discovered that unless we have the Additional Protocol in place, we will not really be able to discover undeclared activities,” he said on the sidelines of the agency’s annual 145-nation General Conference in Vienna.

“Our experience is that any proliferator will not really go for declared diverted activities (that would quickly reveal them as violators of the Non-Proliferation Treaty), they will go for completely clandestine undeclared activities,” he said.

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1 Honorary Yooper  10/02/08 10:02:01 am reply quote
ElBaradei: Idiot

A little redundant, eh. He is the definition of the word "idiot".

2 Jetpilot1101  10/02/08 10:02:45 am reply quote
ElBaradei: Idiot

Charles, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Next.

3 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/02/08 10:03:05 am reply quote

An idiot or a bureaucrat?

/yeah, I know ... gotta do somethin' about my stutter

4 The Other Les  10/02/08 10:03:21 am reply quote

“Our experience is that any proliferator will not really go for declared diverted activities (that would quickly reveal them as violators of the Non-Proliferation Treaty), they will go for completely clandestine undeclared activities,” he said.

Well, duh!

5 lawhawk  10/02/08 10:03:54 am reply quote

Department of Redundancy Department called. They want their redundancies back.

6 godfrey  10/02/08 10:04:04 am reply quote
Syria, had failed to ratify an agency protocol permitting short-notice IAEA visits

Ya think.

But you know, the EU will use this at some point to try to set up (again) a supranational authority to conduct such visits.

7 grahamski  10/02/08 10:04:15 am reply quote

Stupid is as stupid does...

8 Celtic Templar  10/02/08 10:04:36 am reply quote

Which makes the IAEA POINTLESS.

9 Jetpilot1101  10/02/08 10:05:01 am reply quote
ElBaradei: Idiot

He'd make a fine running mate for Obama.

10 Max Darkside  10/02/08 10:05:13 am reply quote

I wonder what Bolton would do as head of IAEA.

11 RickZ  10/02/08 10:05:29 am reply quote

This El-Baradei is a putz, a very dangerous putz.

12 Perplexed  10/02/08 10:05:42 am reply quote

Tell me again why do we continue funding this money hole?

13 godfrey  10/02/08 10:06:16 am reply quote
With Iraq, we have discovered that unless we have the Additional Protocol in place, we will not really be able to discover undeclared activities

He's like a feckin robot.

14 lawhawk  10/02/08 10:06:30 am reply quote

So, El Baradei is admitting the painfully obvious? He and the IAEA never deserved the Nobel Prize?

15 CIA Reject  10/02/08 10:07:01 am reply quote

In other news: water is WET!

16 HelloDare  10/02/08 10:07:15 am reply quote

Dennis Prager will interview moonbat extraordinaire Naomi Wolf in the in a minute or so. Go here. Upper left for live feed.

17 godfrey  10/02/08 10:07:16 am reply quote

I wonder how ElBaradei feels, waking up everyday to the reality that he is, in fact, no more than a PR fig leaf for genocidal maniacs.

18 ErnieG  10/02/08 10:07:59 am reply quote

I'd like to try that:

OFFICER ELBARADEI: Do you know how fast you were going?

ERNIEG: 35 miles per hour, sir.

OFFICER ELBARADEI: Well then, I'll have to let you go. Have a nice day.

19 wildcat84  10/02/08 10:08:11 am reply quote

We can't seem to get many (or any) ROP'ers to unequivocally condemn 9/11, terrorism, jihad, or sharia overriding the US Constitution.

So why should it surprise anyone that someone with Mohammed in his name wouldn't do a damn thing to prevent the head of the jihad funding dragon to get nukes?

20 Buck  10/02/08 10:08:33 am reply quote
“Our experience is that any proliferator will not really go for declared diverted activities (that would quickly reveal them as violators of the Non-Proliferation Treaty), they will go for completely clandestine undeclared activities,” he said.

He is talking about ISRAEL!

21 shibumi  10/02/08 10:09:26 am reply quote

Seems to me that ElBaradei is actually pretty committed to the idea of the Muslim world possessing nuclear weapons.

22 The Other Les  10/02/08 10:10:37 am reply quote

Speaking of idiots...

[Link: flickr.com...]

23 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/02/08 10:11:04 am reply quote

IMHO, it sounds like he's more a classic bureaucrat than an out-and-out idiot (one with no intelligence at all.) I realize that's nitpicking, but look at the faith he has in the efficacy of a piece of paper -- a Protocol which will magically unlock doors which a dedicated proliferator will have welded shut, boobytrapped, and camouflaged to boot.

24 Noam Sayin'  10/02/08 10:11:59 am reply quote

This man has such a brilliant grasp of the obvious.

I weep for my own ignorance in his shadow.

25 taxfreekiller  10/02/08 10:12:04 am reply quote

egg sucking pigs get fat and stupid living in hen houses

26 Elcid  10/02/08 10:12:13 am reply quote

His first name should be a big clue....Mohamed.

I don't care how many 'doctorates' he has.

27 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/02/08 10:12:49 am reply quote

re: #24 Noam Sayin'

This man has such a brilliant grasp of the obvious.

I weep for my own ignorance in his shadow.

LOL!
UP-ding!

28 looking closely  10/02/08 10:13:33 am reply quote

Well, look on the bright side. This guy has just publically admitted that his entire organization is useless.

In other words, he's essentially destroyed any remaining credibility that he had. This is a good thing, not a bad one.

But I don't really think anyone with two brain cells to rub together is really waiting for the IAEA's opinion about whether or not Iran or North Korea have nukes.

29 bosforus  10/02/08 10:13:44 am reply quote
his agency is powerless to do anything about nuclear proliferators who don’t tell the truth

You don't have to do anything - just keep your mouth shut when their nuclear facilities start to magically disappear.

30 CIA Reject  10/02/08 10:14:01 am reply quote

re: #24 Noam Sayin'

This man has such a brilliant grasp of the obvious.

I weep for my own ignorance in his shadow.

"All creation trembles before the searing logic of his firey intellect!"

31 Fat Jolly Penguin  10/02/08 10:15:40 am reply quote

tool (n): tewl

[see Mohammed elBaradei]

32 taxfreekiller  10/02/08 10:15:49 am reply quote

Of note:

The msm will not report this at all, or if they do, spin it as
this thug "standing up for better rules from the U.N.".

33 looking closely  10/02/08 10:16:56 am reply quote
his agency is powerless to do anything about nuclear proliferators who don’t tell the truth.

To be more fair, he's saying that his agency only has the authority to inspect declared nuke sites, not secret ones.

And I think he is saying this in the context of trying to expand his mandate.

On the other hand, I'm not quite sure his agency is really "empowered" to do ANYTHING anyway, other than conduct inspections and report on them.

34 lawhawk  10/02/08 10:17:55 am reply quote

re: #33 looking closely

They can't exactly do anything about declared sites either. After all, look at what North Korea has done for the past decade (and is doing now).

35 sattv4u2  10/02/08 10:17:57 am reply quote

Mohammed elBaradei

"We're putting Syria on double secret probation"

36 The Other Les  10/02/08 10:19:33 am reply quote

Indication of a problem.

More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won't disclose.

And questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the Obama campaign has received that apparently have not been vetted as legitimate.

Obama has raised nearly twice that of John McCain's campaign, according to new campaign finance report.

But because of Obama’s high expenses during the hotly contested Democratic primary season and an early decision to forgo public campaign money and the spending limits it imposes, all that cash has not translated into a financial advantage — at least, not yet.

HT: Mark Urbin

37 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/02/08 10:19:58 am reply quote

re: #28 looking closely

This guy has just publically admitted that his entire organization is useless.

Not quite. To you and me, it's precisely that, but it was not his intent.

He was playing to the choir in Vienna -- "just one more rule, just one more govermental measure, that's all we need to create perfection."

38 The Other Les  10/02/08 10:20:48 am reply quote

re: #35 sattv4u2

Mohammed elBaradei

"We're putting Syria on double secret probation"

"EAT ME!"

39 harry catbox  10/02/08 10:23:12 am reply quote

Great satire. VDH eat your heart out.

40 CIA Reject  10/02/08 10:24:20 am reply quote

re: #35 sattv4u2

re: #38 The Other Les

You do realize that was thirty years ago, right?

Nice to know I'm not the only old codger around here! :-)

41 AuntAcid  10/02/08 10:24:38 am reply quote

So I guess it's back to "duck and cover"?

42 winston06  10/02/08 10:25:09 am reply quote

El-Baradei the head of UN Nuke watchpuppy is an idiot? You kidding me? Idiot is not a good enough word to describe this appeasing moron. He's the scum of the earth. A big time moron

43 realwest  10/02/08 10:25:24 am reply quote

"ElBaradei: Idiot" A tad redundant Charles, but worth repeating.

44 WrathofG-d  10/02/08 10:25:50 am reply quote

Now that is rich!

Just goes to show that some of the worries, and fears help on LGF are justified.

We knew this guy was toothless for a good while now.

45 MarineMomSue  10/02/08 10:26:07 am reply quote

but.. but.. but... that's just not FAIR!

Gee, why didn't somebody warn us that Iran, Syria, N. Korea & dozens of other thug-o-crats might LIE?

This is serious stuff. Maybe the UN could hold a meeting or something?

We could always ask obama to give a speech and tell 'em we HOPE they CHANGE their ways?

46 maddogg  10/02/08 10:26:37 am reply quote

It would be nice if for a short time, everyone told the truth. But most of the world runs on lies. Thats why nothing works like its supposed to.

47 opnion  10/02/08 10:26:51 am reply quote

Ok, someone has to say it, post 9/11 I do not want a guy named Mohammad doing nuclear monitoring in Islamic countries.

48 Kosh's Shadow  10/02/08 10:28:00 am reply quote

What a disappointment from his predecessor, Hans [Ignorance is] Blix.
You'd think he would at least know he can send a strongly worded letter.

Yes, he's an idiot, but to the Iranians and the Syrians, he's a useful idiot.

49 The Other Les  10/02/08 10:28:54 am reply quote

re: #40 CIA Reject

re: #38 The Other Les

You do realize that was thirty years ago, right?

Nice to know I'm not the only old codger around here! :-)

I saw it several time at the Skyway Theater in downtown Minneapolis which was halfway down the block from the Fanny Farmer candy shop where I did light janitorial work for two hours every Saturday morning.

50 AuntAcid  10/02/08 10:30:10 am reply quote

re: #46 maddogg


my thoughts exactly... a fatal flaw...

51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  10/02/08 10:32:27 am reply quote

So basically his method goes like this:

Mo: Are you guys trying to make nuclear weapons?

Iranian diplomat: No.

Mo: Thanks for your time.

52 MarineMomSue  10/02/08 10:34:03 am reply quote

re: #51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So basically his method goes like this:

Mo: Are you guys trying to make nuclear weapons?

Iranian diplomat: No.

Mo: Thanks for your time.

So that's why he get paid the BIG BUCKS

53 Ward Cleaver  10/02/08 10:35:23 am reply quote
ElBaradei: Idiot

Charles, that pretty much says it all. You needn't have even turned on comments for this thread.

54 FlakMusic  10/02/08 10:36:21 am reply quote

Wow. You mean they're both evil AND sneaky?

Who'd have thought...

How long before we withdraw from the useless UN and kick their sorry, lame, bureaucratic asses out? Now even they are admitting that they're useless.

55 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/02/08 10:36:40 am reply quote

re: #51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So basically his method goes like this:

Mo: Are you guys trying to make nuclear weapons?

Iranian diplomat: No.

Mo: Thanks for your time.

Mo: Let me in to see what you're doing.

Dinnerjacket: All will be revealed when the Mahdi returns.

Mo: Ah ha, then I'll simply wait. Thank you.

56 Athos  10/02/08 10:40:35 am reply quote
“Our legal authority is very limited. With Iraq, we have discovered that unless we have the Additional Protocol in place, we will not really be able to discover undeclared activities,” he said on the sidelines of the agency’s annual 145-nation General Conference in Vienna.

The problems go far beyond a limited legal authority. Incompetent leadership, lack of will or commitment to follow-up on the authority provided the Agency, and the failed initial premise established by Blix and al-Baradei that all nations are entitled to nuclear programs and trusting those nations to only undertake declared activities regardless of how odious those regimes are.

This Agency is proof of the Sgt. Schultz syndrome in action - "We see nutting, We hear nutting, We say nutting"

57 gymnast  10/02/08 10:41:01 am reply quote

If idiocy were a terminal illness, el Brade would have died during birth. But it's not to late.

58 Kosh's Shadow  10/02/08 10:42:48 am reply quote

re: #54 FlakMusic

Wow. You mean they're both evil AND sneaky?

Who'd have thought...

How long before we withdraw from the useless UN and kick their sorry, lame, bureaucratic asses out? Now even they are admitting that they're useless.

It depends on whether 0bama or McCain wins.
If McCain wins, we'll kick the UN out.
If the 0 wins, the UN will kick the US out of our country.

59 SummerSong  10/02/08 10:56:08 am reply quote

Water is wet!
Fire is hot!

If at first you don't succeed, suck harder Ham Head.

60 ploome hineni  10/02/08 11:00:48 am reply quote

maybe we need an elBaradai Award

for the Darwnian throwback of the year

61 mattm  10/02/08 11:06:54 am reply quote

Duh.

62 loveguru  10/02/08 11:20:00 am reply quote

Noticed a correction !

Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Insane Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

63 Kenneth  10/02/08 11:20:23 am reply quote

Oh, by the way, Mohamed ElBaradei Iranian born wife is a cousin of a high ranking Iranian mullah. Isn't that special?

64 loveguru  10/02/08 11:21:49 am reply quote

re: #60 ploome hineni

LOL ..... Why elBaradai Award ? the award is known as All-Ahhhhh Award...and at the end kufirs like us have to digest Allah-hu-snackbar ! ...

65 Kenneth  10/02/08 11:22:21 am reply quote

El Baradi’s wife is an Iranian, and a first cousin of Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani, one of the "brains" of the Iranian regime and close associate of the tyrant Khomenei. In the article by Dr. Kameran Pirnia, he states “...Baradei cannot be neutral toward Iran" because of his wife relationship to Mahdavi Kani. A further Google search reveals that Mahdavi Kani heads up the Iranian Militant Clerics Association, one of the main political groups in Iran’s Theo-Nazi government.

66 sparrowlake  10/02/08 11:24:04 am reply quote

ElBaradei: Idiot = Pope: Catholic

67 Kenneth  10/02/08 11:25:23 am reply quote

Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (Persian: محمدرضا مهدوی کنی , born 1931 in the village of Kan, Tehran Province) is an Iranian influential cleric and conservative politician. Presently, he is the Secretary General of the Combatant Clergy Association

Combatant Clergy? Is than anything like Pugilistic Priests?

68 loveguru  10/02/08 11:25:32 am reply quote

re: #63 Kenneth

Oh, by the way, Mohamed ElBaradei Iranian born wife is a cousin of a high ranking Iranian mullah. Isn't that special?

doesn't Muslim marry their cousins and close relatives ? wonder if he has any other close relation with some high ranking Qudi in Iranian Mullahcracy !

69 just another four-letter word  10/02/08 11:44:24 am reply quote

Look, everybody, el-Baradei is probably not the feckless idiot y'all make him out to be. Let's look at the facts.

1- Muslim, married to an Iranian woman.
2- Working for the Uselesss Nations.
3- Making a cushy living without having to really WORK, y'know?

Add all of these up, you get somebody that wouldn't report anything alarming if his life depended on it (which it may, it may), and whadda ya gets?

A nuclear-armed Iran. Everybody looking the other way. Hoping the bear will eat them last of all. Not pulling their heads out of their @$$e$, err, sand, long enough to notice the bear in the first place...

Any questions?

JAFLW

70 Mad Mullah  10/02/08 12:44:07 pm reply quote

It is not surprising at all that this complete idiot got awarded the "Nobel Piss Prize" a few years ago for his good work in sticking up for terrorist countries like Iran. I also don't think that anybody named Mohamed should be in charge of monitoring the terrorist weapons programs of depraved Islamist countries like Iran.

71 So?  10/02/08 1:16:56 pm reply quote

Another good reason to boot the UN out of the US.

How did Elbardodo ever get the job in the first place?

72 rockman  10/02/08 1:38:17 pm reply quote
Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the crux of the problem was that some countries under investigation, the latest being Syria, had failed to ratify an agency protocol permitting short-notice IAEA visits to sites not declared to be nuclear to ensure no bomb-related work was going on at secret locations.

The crux of the problem is we have a guy named Mohamed in charge of the IAEA.

73 kevinmumaw  10/02/08 4:34:54 pm reply quote

So the Iranians have discovered the secret weakness of the UN. They surrender quicker than the French.

74 Daisy  10/03/08 8:28:54 am reply quote

"With Iraq, we have discovered that unless we have the Additional Protocol in place, we will not really be able to discover undeclared activities, ..."

Additional Protocol? Would that be the right for UN "Peacekeepers" to have sex with minors while on duty?

75 unclassifiable  10/03/08 12:24:16 pm reply quote

DT:

ElBaradei: Idiot

I nominate this title as the First Honorary Recipient of the Anti-Idiotatrian Succinct Title Award.


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