"You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that."
- Hans BlixHans Blix, who oversaw the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) during the 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis, is credited with saying this. Blix played a significant role in determining whether the government of Saddam Hussein had WMDs. Blix employed this metaphor i…