Posted on 02/07/2006 7:12:56 PM PST by freedom44
Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, promoting his book in New Mexico, said that Iran simply wants peaceful nuclear power, not nuclear weapons, and that US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, already has a speech written for the coming US nuclear bombing of Iran.
“We just don’t know when, but it’s going to happen,” Scott Ritter said to a crowd of about 150 at the James A. Little Theater on Sunday night.
Ritter described how the U.S. government might justify war with Iran in a scenario similar to the buildup to the Iraq invasion. He also argued that Iran wants a nuclear energy program, and not nuclear weapons. But the Bush administration, he said, refuses to believe Iran is telling the truth.
He predicted the matter will wind up before the U.N. Security Council, which will determine there is no evidence of a weapons program. Then, he said, John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, “will deliver a speech that has already been written. It says America cannot allow Iran to threaten the United States and we must unilaterally defend ourselves.”
“How do I know this? I’ve talked to Bolton’s speechwriter,” Ritter said.
Remember that Ritter also declared early in 2005 that the US would invade Iran in June of that year.
How is it that Ritter understands the intentions of Iran’s government, Rafsanjani, Khatamei, and Ahmadinejad so well? From where does he gain an insight that eludes expert analysts who have paid so much attention to the words and deeds of those men who’ve vowed to see the destruction of Israel and the coming of judgement day?
Have you seen this? Not that Ritter matters.
Oh yea .. I believe him
Can ya see me rolling my eyes?
As a matter of fact. YES, I can!
In the 1930's U.S.it was left wingers like Dorothy Thompson (wife of Sinclair Lewis) who warned against Hitler's danger to the world. Prominent rightwingers including Father Coughlin, Prescott Bush (grandfather of the current president), and Charles Lindburgh, actually supported Hitler until Congress outlawed trading with Germany in 1942.
Have you read the NY Sun the last few days?
I think they got this strange critter, Ritter, to grab his ankles..
Please tell us about your theory about the christofascist U.S. military!
He's also an ex-Marine. (Note: Folks I know who have served in the Marine Corps always refer to themselves as either "Marines" or "former Marines". "Ex" is a particularly pejorative term among them. Semper Fi, guys.)
FTLOG, you're out in the open defending Iran, the biggest terrorist country in the world?
Oh, I finally get it. You're not just a garden variety screwy liberal! You're an AMERICAN HATER.
You're not even fun to mess with anymore; your kind of thinking is dangerous to this country.
Why do you always post these lame arguments. Are you Patty Murray? You are definately a liberal, who loves to stir it up on FR. I don't know how you've gotten away with it so long.
Sonny is talking way above his pay grade again.
So MM..........you reeeeeeeeeeally don't want to go down the historical road here, comparing dubious deeds of the Left vs. the Right, do you now?????
[..oh please say yes......please say yes.....]
And Scott Ritter only wanted to buy that 14-year old a Whopper.
Interesting. I never knew that old Joe Kennedy, who sired the heroes of the dem party, was a rightwinger.
You're painting with a pretty broad brush there, MM.
Scott Ritter was bought and paid for by Saddam Hussein. He is a traitor to his nation and to humanity.
If Iran ever obtains a uranium fractionation plant (necessary for nuclear weapons production and at least 10 years off), the plant will be easily spotted from the air because it will occupy the space of about 2 football fields.
Are you still trying to peddle this lie? You got your butt handed to you the last time you tried this crap.
Irani politicians are prone to stupid exaggerations, just like prominent U.S. presidents and U.N. ambassadors.
Oh, denying the Holocaust and threatening to wipe a Israel out is a stupid exaggeration? Oh, how wise you are! The best part is, if Tel Aviv and Haifa become smoking craters tomorrow, you not only won't admit you were wrong, you'll blame Dubya for the demise of the Jews and say that your wonderful Bubba would have been able to stop it.
And Scott Ritter only wants a bunch of young tail.
What a loser.
Old Joe was a bootleger too.As criminal as his sons.
Oil rich Iran needs nuclear power? I guess they must care about the environment.
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