Posted on 11/14/2005 11:13:59 AM PST by Stultis
WALLACE: ...in October of 2002 in which you authorized the use of force, you went further than the president ever did. Let's watch:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROCKEFELLER: I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11th that question is increasingly outdated.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
WALLACE: Now, the president never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat. As you saw, you did say that. If anyone hyped the intelligence, isn't it Jay Rockefeller?
ROCKEFELLER: No. I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I'll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.
Now, the intelligence that they had and the intelligence that we had were probably different. We didn't get the presidential daily briefs. We got only a finished product, a finished product, a consensual view of the intelligence community, which does not allow for agencies — like in the case of the aluminum tubes, the Department of Energy said these aren't thick enough to handle nuclear power.
They left that out and went ahead with, "They have aluminum tubes and they're going to develop nuclear power."
WALLACE: Senator, you're quite right. You didn't get the presidential daily brief or the senior executive intelligence brief. You got the national intelligence estimate.
But the Silberman commission, a presidential commission that looked into this, did get copies of those briefs, and they say that they were, if anything, even more alarmist, even less nuanced, than the intelligence you saw...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Ping...
Our hero sounding the alarm! If the Republicans don't use stuff like this for ads next year, shame on them.
I dont know why people vote for this bilderberger.
wow, wallace did an amazing job
Democrats open new store.
Traitors R' Us.
Awesome idea.
Chris Wallace chewed Rockefeller up and spit him out. Watching this, I couldnt believe Pat Roberts didnt burst into laughter.
I will ask my standard question:
IS IT TREASON YET?
This ranks pretty darned high on the Outrageous Scale.
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ROCKEFELLER: I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11th that question is increasingly outdated.
It appears to me that Rockefeller was saying that, apart from Iraq being an imminent threat, the September 11th attack made it imperative to get rid of Hussein.
January 14, 2002ROCKEFELLER VISITS WITH HUNTINGTON NATIVE STATIONED IN SAUDI ARABIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) visited with several West Virginia soldiers stationed at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia last week during an official diplomatic trip to the region.
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2002/pr011402.html
January 14, 2002ROCKEFELLER VISITS WITH SPENCER NATIVE STATIONED IN SAUDI ARABIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) visited with several West Virginia soldiers stationed at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia last week during an official diplomatic trip to the region. Among the soldiers, Rockefeller met with Spencer native Petty Officer, First Class Joseph Whited, of the U.S. Navy.
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2002/pr011402b.html
January 5, 2001
Senator Rockefeller visits JordanSenator John (Jay) Rockefeller IV (Democrat-West Virginia) arrives in Amman in the afternoon of Saturday January 5 for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with a number of Jordanian officials.
Senator Rockefeller serves on a number of Senate committees such as the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (Chairman), the Health Care Subcommittee on Finance (Chairman), the Aviation Subcommittee on Commerce (Chairman), the Science and Trade Committee, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Senator Rockefeller has devoted all his life to public service in the mining state of West Virginia, first as a voluntary community worker, then as Governor for eight years, and as Senator for the past 16 years. He spearheaded West Virginias drive [congratulatory blah blah blah snipped]
http://usembassy-amman.org.jo ... 01Rocke.html
Al-Assad confers with US Senator
Syria-USA, Politics, 1/8/2002Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Monday received the US senator J. Rockefeller and members of the accompanying delegation.
The meeting was attended by the deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf.
Discussions dealt with results implied by the incidents of September 11, 2001 in the US at the regional and international levels.
The President stressed that fighting terrorism should be based on analyzing reasons behind it, noting that the already debated concept of terrorism is a terrorism which is too far from Islamic values.
He explained that Syria's ancient history shows commitment of its peoples to divine religions. A matter which restores Syria's stability.
Senator Rockefeller expressed happiness to meet with President Bashar al-Assad. He said he feels content after talking to President Bashar al-Assad not only about Syria but about the ME region as a whole.
Senator Rockefeller also stressed the need of deeper understanding of the Arab culture and civilization and of Muslims.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020108/2002010817.html
Saudi crown prince confers with US senator
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 1/10/2002The Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on late Tuesday night in al-Riyadh met with a US Senate delegation led by Senator John Rockefeller.
US diplomatic sources said that the members of the delegation discussed with Saudi Arabia's crown prince ME peace process developments and other conditions at the regional and international levels and relations between Saudi Arabia and the US.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020110/2002011008.html
Al-Assad confers with the US Senate delegation [No Rockefeller]
Syria-USA, Politics, 1/9/2002Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Tuesday received W Owens and members of the US Senate: Richard Durban, David Price and Jim Dives and members of their accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf. Discussions dealt with the reflections of September11 incidents at the US on various regional and international issues.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020109/2002010919.html
They do it for the same reason that people went to see Elvis Presley in Las Vegas around 1974. They have an image in their heads of an older better Rockefeller who's been long dead. It's the same reason everybody loves the Kennedys.
how on earth do these idiots ever make it through grade schoool much less Congress.
talk about giving "aid and comfort to the enemy!"
Rockefeller should be impeached!
It seems that Democratic politicians are engaging in this "Bush lied" campaign because the Democrat base is completely anti-war.
Ping....
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