Posted on 04/17/2006 7:57:33 PM PDT by Laverne
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, "What bothered me ... [was that] I was hearing a depiction of the intelligence that didn't fit what I knew. There was no solid proof, that I ever saw, that Saddam had WMD." But in early 2000, Zinni told Congress ...
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Yep. Zinni is pure Clintonite scum. No way he can justify this political posturing. Sorry Zinni but YOUR boys created this Intellegence. IF what you say is true, YOU lied in Dec 1998 about the justification for Iraq Desert Fox bombings. Would suggest why they are all so conviced the Intellegece was flawed. They are the people who came up with it.
Hey Zinni....STFU !!!
What a has been... him and weasely clark.
Ugh.
Saw that today. Brit really nailed Zinni to the wall. He didn't elaborate on it but I think it was real effective the way he delivered it. He showed Zinni to be an out and out liar.
Wasn't he Clinton's envoy to the middle east back in the late 90s?
Yes, and remember, that rumor has it that it is Zinni who is gathering these retired generals to speak out against Rummy. So Zinni, the democrat, is shown to be a liar....democrat/liar...as usual, the two go hand-in-hand.
A set of bombings whose only effect was to raise home owner's insurance rates in Basra. :)
It is more to do about hurt "feelings" and fragile egos...along with canceled pet projects (weapon systems) then anything to do with the WOT/Iraq.
Sad to see a few of these men sell themselves to the MSM like this. An entity they know is against their fellow soldiers out there in the field.
"There is now no incentive for Hussein to comply with the inspectors or to refrain from using weapons of mass destruction to defend himself if the United States comes after him.
And he will use them; we should be under no illusion about that."
Joe Wilson Feb. 3 2003 married to CIA WMD Super Analyst.
I am starting to smell an election coming up. Retired General for the right wing. "Gee George got us in a jam, but I can get us out" campaign...
Some people are speculating he would like to be Hillary's SecDef.
Another great find by the "Grapevine" - Zinni is just one more fool who seems to have forgotten that just a few years ago he was trumpeting the WMD capabilities of Saddam - being braindead must be a prerequisite for belonging to the left these days......
Zinni caught by Brit Hume in a big lie.
DESERT FOX Strikes in a nutshell:
By Paul Stone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- U.S. and British air and naval forces have
attacked more than 75 Iraqi military targets after two nights of
bombing in Operation Desert Fox, Pentagon leaders said here.
As the Pentagon prepared Dec. 18 for possible additional
strikes, Defense Secretary William Cohen and Army Gen. Hugh
Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, updated Pentagon
reporters on the status of operations.
Shelton said Dec. 17 bombings, for the first time in Desert Fox,
involved both joint and combined operations. U.S Navy, Marine
Corps and Air Force assets, as well as those from Great Britain,
worked together in a coordinated strike effort, he said.
"We're very, very proud of our combined forces and very
satisfied with the results thus far," Cohen said. "Our forces
are intensely and intently focused on their jobs and doing
[them] well."
Cohen emphasized there have been no U.S. casualties to date, and
all aircraft and personnel have returned safely following their
missions. He also announced Desert Fox has now employed more
Tomahawk cruise missiles than were used in the 1991 Persian Gulf
War, though he declined to provide exact figures.
Shelton and Cohen said the second night's air strikes continued
to focus on weapons of mass destruction sites, security sites
and forces, integrated air defense and airfields, and Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein's military command and control
infrastructure.
"We haven't destroyed his total capability, but we have
certainly reduced his assets," Shelton said.
Defense officials summarized the targets during the briefing: 27
surface-to-air missile sites, 18 command and control facilities,
19 sites housing security details for Hussein's weapons of mass
destruction program, 11 weapons of mass destruction industrial
and production facilities, eight Republican Guard facilities,
and five airfields.
Cohen said it's too early to assess the overall success rate,
but added he's satisfied with the results so far. He declined to
say whether more attacks are planned and re-emphasized that the
objective of Desert Fox is to degrade Iraq's military
capabillities, not to destabilize Hussein's regime.
Defense officials at the briefing said many attacks focused on
destroying or degrading targets in southern Iraq, such as
surface-to-air missile sites, airfields, and command and control
sites. This, they said, has helped create a safer corridor for
pilots to reach northern targets.
What I can't understand is a supposedly intelligent flag officer who can't figure out that if his current statements don't match what he was saying a few years ago, and he doesn't even bother to offer an explanation for his change of heart, people are going to notice and be
a tad suspicious.
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