[StarFan]

This might interest you!

[the anti-liberal]

Now if only we can get the MSM to carry this.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Right ON!!!!

[Eagles6]

Thanks. Save for later.

[CyberAnt]

And .. about 4-5 years ago, the Jerusalem Post wrote a story about the moat that Syria had built around Damascus. Inside the moat were scud missles - aimed at Israel.

Evidently, it was the NK's who helped Syria get the technology and armament to propel their scuds to the desired destination. Isaiah 17:1 is coming all too soon.

[de Buillion]

Thank you for posting this- How do you manage to dig up all this stuff?

[Flyer]

"was trying to convince people that there are weapons of mass destruction in Syria, at a time when there was no evidence of that."

Classic Catch-22

"We should look for evidence of weapons of mass destruction"

"There is no evidence of weapons of mass destruction, so we shouldn't look"

[OESY]

This quote was telling:

"Which brings us back to Mr. Bolton, who has been denied a Senate confirmation vote because, among other charges, he challenged accepted intelligence wisdom. In the Syrian case, Senator Dodd and his comrade-in-filibuster Joe Biden concede that Mr. Bolton's final testimony to Congress on Syria's WMD was accurate and cleared with the State Department....

"As it happens, Messrs. Dodd and Biden both voted in favor of the 2003 Syrian Accountability Act. That law explicitly cites an unclassified CIA report that Syria "already holds a stockpile of the nerve agent sarin but apparently is trying to develop more toxic and persistent nerve agents. . . ." The law also notes that "Syria also is developing an offensive [biological weapons] capability."....

"By now it should be clear to anyone who has followed this nomination that the fight here isn't over Mr. Bolton's record, his temperament or his reading of the intelligence. Rather, it is a policy dispute in which a majority of Democrats, as well as a few Republicans, have chosen to hijack the nomination process to score some points against President Bush's foreign policy. In the case of Syria, they owe both Mr. Bolton and Mr. Bush an apology. Americans need to understand the threat Syria poses to our troops in Iraq and to our allies in the region. That understanding isn't helped when Senators put their partisan animus ahead of the national interest."


COMMENT: We'll see if on their upcoming roadshow the 9/11 Commission chairmen will criticize obstructionist senators Dodd and Biden for their attacks on Bolton, who is showing the "imagination" the Commission deemed necessary to fight the War on Terror. It would be interesting to have them explain how Bolton's challenging of accepted intelligence is contrary to their recommendations? More likely, wimpy Gov. Kean will cave once again.

[OESY]

Members of Sept. 11 Panel Press for Information on Terror Risk (NYT): The 9/11 panelists are regrouping to review progress in dealing with terrorist threats. From left, Lee H. Hamilton, vice chairman; Thomas H. Kean, chairman; and Fred F. Fielding, a panel member, in May 2004.

[OESY]

A Teary-Eyed Rebel Defies Party Leaders (NYT): Senator George V. Voinovich, left, greeting Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. after a committee vote on President Bush's choice for United Nations ambassador, John R. Bolton. Mr. Voinovich opposes the nomination.

[OESY]

Delaware Senator Joe Biden is concerned that his anti-Bolton coalition may dwindle in the coming weeks resulting in the confirmation of President Bush's nominee to be Ambassador to the U.N.:

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on ABC's "This Week" that he doubted his anti-Bolton caucus would be able to hold together indefinitely.

Asked whether there were enough votes to keep the filibuster going, Mr. Biden said: "I don't know."

"I'm going to be completely straight with you," he said. "I'm not at all certain we do."

-- Source: fromthebleachers.blogspot.com