shoulda' left well enough alone...

*Back in the prehistoric ages , during this blogger's youth, comedian flip wilson had a standup routine about an old vaudeville comedy duo called "well enough and bad enough" .

as the story went , the duo was moderately successful for a time , but then had a petty falling out with each other causing them to eventually end up in court as each sued the other for financial damages as well as suing each other for criminal harrassment .

the judge heard both of their cases and then quickly gave his decision .

the judge threw out "bad enough's case entirely and proceeded to heap one financial hardship after another upon comedian "bad enough" until finally "bad enough" was forced by the severity of the announced punishments to plead to the judge , "your honor , why are you being so hard on me and doing nothing to punish "well enough" ?"

the judge shot back the story's punchline , " i'm just trying to teach you that you shoulda' left 'well enough' alone ."

apparently today , former Un weapons inspector hans blix --prevented by the bush administration's insane rush to war from doing his job of searching for what proved to be nonexistent iraqi weapons of mass destruction --is viewing the massive death and destruction caused the iraqi people by the Us invasion and the crushing hardships they have suffered as a result , as proof that bush also , "should have left well enough alone ."




Iraqis Were Better Off Under Saddam, Says Former Weapons Inspector

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Wednesday described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as a "pure failure" that had left the country worse off than under the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.

In unusually harsh comments to Danish newspaper Politiken, the diplomatic Swede said the U.S. government had ended up in a situation in which neither staying nor leaving Iraq were good options.

"Iraq is a pure failure," Blix was quoted as saying. "If the Americans pull out, there is a risk that they will leave a country in civil war. At the same time it doesn't seem that the United States can help to stabilize the situation by staying there."

War-related violence in Iraq has grown worse with dozens of civilians, government officials and police and security forces being killed every day. At least 83 American soldiers have been killed in October - the highest monthly toll this year.

Blix said the situation would have been better if the war had not taken place.

"Saddam would still have been sitting in office. OK, that is negative and it would not have been joyful for the Iraqi people. But what we have gotten is undoubtedly worse," he was quoted as saying.

Blix led the UN inspectors that searched for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. He came under heavy fire from Washington when he urged U.S. President George W. Bush to allow the weapons inspectors and the IAEA to continue their work as a way to stave off a war.

Ultimately a U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq and no weapons of mass destruction were found.