[Bogey78O]

'He said no. "Look, I'm not a weapons inspector," the West Virginia Democrat said he told his hosts. "I wouldn't know nuclear power from powdered sugar." '

This guy's doing his best to keep WV on the top of the "ignorant redneck" joke list.

WTF?? Too broad of a power to attack more than just Iraq?

This guy is a moron if he doesn't know how to give a declaration of war against one country.

[Let's Roll]

Does this dim maroon - sorry for the redundancy - think there was ANY way Saddam was not going to impose restrictions on inspections? All this emphasis on inspections is just what Saddam wants - the inspections are not the goal - his disarmament is.

[Lion's Cub]

I truly believe that when they did not see any light at the end of the tunnel when they issued that first statement, that probably caused them to go backwards and start the game of trickery again," he added

He must have some French in his background...

[The Wizard]

why do we allow democrats to breed

[eclectic]

The sleepers are everywhere! They even sneaked into the U.S. House of Representatives!

[marvlus]

He said no. "Look, I'm not a weapons inspector," the West Virginia Democrat said he told his hosts. "I wouldn't know nuclear power from powdered sugar."

And this guy has the gall to accuse the WH for Iraqi Inspection Switch? What a sh!thead!!

[marron]

The West Virginia Democrat also insisted there was no link between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network despite the accounts from multiple Iraqi defectors who claim otherwise.

Straw man. Bait and switch.

This isn't about Al Qaeda. This is about not standing by while evil forces gather.

We are presently at war with Iraq, and have been. Our present war began 10 years ago, intended to stop the on-going slaughter of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites, and to prevent a repeat of the genocide Saddam committed against them throughout the eighties.

A reading of the history of Saddam's dealings with the Kurds is sufficient to shock the conscience of any moral creature. It reached its climax in the aftermath of the Gulf War.

Bush Sr. was not a do-gooder, and did not intend to be drawn into this, but the reality on the ground was so bad that he was driven to intervene. He put US Marines and Special Forces on the ground to stop the killing, and then instituted the aerial patrols that continue to this day.

These patrols have also kept Saddam's forces from repeating the invasion of Kuwait, which he has threatened several times since the Gulf War. It has kept him bottled up, and along with the sanctions, have kept him from rebuilding his military to its former power.

But he is trying. He has thousands of engineers and technicians working fulltime to develop nuclear weaponry. And he has the cooperation of the Germans and the French in all of this. No one doubts that, sanctions or no sanctions, inspectors or no, no-fly zones or none, he will eventually escape from his box.

If he is coming for you tomorrow, you must go for him today. Tomorrow will be too late.

[88keys]

"I truly believe that when they did not see any light at the end of the tunnel when they issued that first statement, that probably caused them to go backwards and start the game of trickery again," he added.

This is not a rational thought! And then to add this little gem of wisdom...

"Look, I'm not a weapons inspector," the West Virginia Democrat said he told his hosts. "I wouldn't know nuclear power from powdered sugar..."

but nevertheless...

"I've been in the CIA briefings, the DIA briefings," Rahall told WABC.

Wake up, West Virginia!!! No offense intended, of course, but we must try harder to get these people out of there, I think...!!

(not that I have much hope of getting rid of my own dear "Dennis!", but I'm sure gonna try harder...!!)

[Cicero]

"I wouldn't know nuclear power from powdered sugar."

That's probably true. I don't think this will get much mileage outside of redneck country, and possibly not there either. Most rednecks are patriots.