Who Is Scott Ritter And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things?</

PipeBombNews,com ^ | September 3, 2002 | William A. Mayer

[johnqueuepublic]

Waaaaaaaaaaahoooooooo

The author, imho, hits the nail on the head.

Ritter is so tied up in his own little world that he can't see the Scuds for the trees.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..in a process quite reminiscent of his current flame war with Cheney, he contradicted Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, during the Gulf War, over the verification of the number of Scud missiles destroyed in Desert Storm and fought a highly public battle with him that bordered on insubordination....

Isn't it shocking, Mr. Mayer?

Subordinates, who won't tell lies when they're ordered to.

Like you do.

[babble-on]

Try this theory on for size. The administration, knowing that Ritter is the one person in the world who knows more about Iraqi strategy and WMD efforts than anyone else sends him out on a misinformation campaign. He rips into the Bush admin every chance he gets, argues about how there is no proof of the allegations that are being made by the White House, and because he is anti-Bush (apparently) the media gives him tremendous exposure and credibility. Then just as the PR campaign is climaxing, Ritter goes on national television and flips sides after seeing the evidence assembled by the administration. Note that the UK are moving forward the release of their Iraq dossier and it will be available within weeks.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

I assume you believe that this is all a lie?

[DB]

It was reveled yesterday that Ritter has a "documentary" deal with an Iraqi for $500,000. Becareful of who you get in bed with.

[Miss Marple]

Byron, once again I must tell you that all people I know are astounded at Ritter's transformation. It is almost as if he has someone he cares about being held hostage in Iraq.

Not only is he contradicting the message he initially brought to the American public completely, he is downright nasty and belligerent, often getting sweaty and incoherent in his rantings when he appears on television.

It is an abrubt change, both in policy and in personality. Eitiher he was lying 4 years ago, or he is lyiing now. It cannot be both ways. When he says things so outrageous, he cannot be believed.

Richard Cheney has always told the trutuh. It was one of his most valued assets to this administration. Normamn Schwartzkopf is also known as a straight shooter, and not a weasel. Mr. Ritter has changed his position. It makes no sense to believe him and not the Vice President.

[InvisibleChurch]

Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things?

he wants to stay on tv

[InvisibleChurch]

howard beale

[babble-on]

where was this?

[TLBSHOW]

bump to stop ritter and his illness

[johnqueuepublic]

Ritter is confused, dear aussie, just like you.

He got into a pissing match with Schwartzkopf and was shown to not know what he was talking about then.

He worked for the freakin UN, or didnt you get that part?

I think the author is correct, and you sir are simply ignorant of the facts, bet you havent even read the article.

[johnqueuepublic]

Anything can happen in the world of intelligence.

If Ritter is being used to this end, it certainly is a good ruse because he is hitting every commie media den that exists, he is even being quoted on the official american socialist web site.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..I assume you believe that this is all a lie?...

Not a straight out lie, no.

Exaggerations and unproveable guesstimates, yes.

[johnqueuepublic]

mIss Marple

Wahoooooooo to you, we must have some friends in common.

Just look at Ritter used to say and what he is saying now, I respect his military service but it is common knowledge that as the author says, ritter has a "prickly personality"

[johnqueuepublic]

On that count a small part of me cant blame him - very slightly lol.

[babble-on]

either that or Ritter is a major league scummer.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..it was reveled yesterday that Ritter has a "documentary" deal with an Iraqi for $500,000...

That doesn't alarm me amigo, until I've heard what the documentary's about. Maybe, on the way Clinton used UNSCOM data, for his Desert Fox targeting? Has anyone considered that perhaps Iraq will re-admit the weapons inspectors, if they promise to stop moonlighting as FACs?

[Fundamentally Fair]

It seems that what Mr. Ritter was saying in 1998 is diametrically opposed to what he is saying now:

This is exactly what I have been thinking.

In a process quite reminiscent of his current flame war with Cheney, he contradicted Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, during the Gulf War, over the verification of the number of Scud missiles destroyed in Desert Storm and fought a highly public battle with him that bordered on insubordination.

But, wasn’t it true that the number of Scuds destroyed was grossly overestimated by CENTCOM? They successfully denied the Iraqi’s use of the Scuds, but very few were killed. I think Ritter was right on this one.

his UNSCOM team totally and completely missed Sadam's professional hijacking school which was located in Salam Pak.

This is pure smear. Was it in Ritter’s charter to look for terrorist training sites during his time in Iraq. No.

Add to that, Ritter - incredibly - thinks that somehow Sadam will, if inspectors are allowed back into Iraq - play ball our way – something that borders on the ridiculous, since all evidence points to the contrary.

True.

…promoting his book.

Ah! We have an answer. Its not about politics, pride, a vendetta against VP Cheney. It’s all about selling books. Sick.

[MamaLucci]

Here ya go, re: Ritter's book deal

[Miss Marple]

My husband, who doesn't pay as much attention to all the personalities in this as I do, happened to see him on a show a couple of weeks ago. My husband is very good at reading personalities and told me there was something terribly wrong, and that the guy was lying.

My guess is that if he is not engaged in disinformation for our government (and if he is I certainly hope he is given a medal and a chance to redeem his reputation) or the Iraqis have a hold on him, either by blackmail or by holding someone hostage. He was in Iraq long enough to make friends or even have a romantic relationship with someone. This is just speculation on my part, but when I see SUCH a change, I feel the need to search for an explanation.