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Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Quote of the Day by Theophilus

1 posted on 01/28/2003 11:30:18 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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A bump for the Burger King boy
2 posted on 01/28/2003 11:42:13 PM PST by woofie (I dont believe in this tag line crap)
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Greetings JohnHuang2, FReepers, et al:

Very nice work Ms. Julia Gorin. Hopefully, we'll find someone or something; which helps explain what went so wrong between October 1997 and the time of Ritter's resignation. Perhaps Ritter, like Clinton, was more interested in his own personal sexual gratification; than the world security matters they were entrusted with.

Another showdown with Saddam Hussein is in the works. Ritter seems deeply troubled that even one US soldier might shed blood over Saddam’s Iraq. Perhaps a forbidden sexual encounter, followed by blackmail, predisposed the breakdown of UNSCOM?

If you find useful reference material, to backup this assertion, please add it on the Was Scott Ritter Compromised By The Amn Al-Khass! thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/829655/posts

3 posted on 01/29/2003 12:19:33 AM PST by OneLoyalAmerican ( Pedophile wannabe traitor Ritter data thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/829655/posts)
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But in 2002, a year after Ritter acquired a dirty little secret of his own, Hussein suddenly became beyond suspicion.

And this, in itself, has precisely what relevance? The entire article is an example of an ancient logical fallacy: Post hoc ergo propter hoc. (One event follows another, therefore one event has been caused by another.)

Fortunately, not everyone is fooled.

4 posted on 01/29/2003 12:43:55 AM PST by Greybird (Resistance to even petty tyrants is obedience to God)
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Is it possible that Ritter himself recognized that discovery of his arrest would compromise the fight against Saddam if he continued as a critic of the regime?

That is, did Ritter consciously decide to adopt an outspoken pro-Saddam viewpoint in anticipation of his predilections becoming public, knowing that such exposure would then damage the pro-dictator crowd?

If so, that is in some sense a noble decision. It doesn't mitigate his crimes, by any means, but he definitely fell on his sword.

I think perhaps it's more likely that the Administration discovered the arrest and forced Ritter to go to the "other side" with the intention of releasing the damning information at a critical stage in the debate. It has definitely been made public at a crucial time.

5 posted on 01/29/2003 12:49:20 AM PST by Henk
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To: JohnHuang2
bump
9 posted on 01/29/2003 4:25:05 AM PST by TomB
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