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Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq
Middle East Online ^ | 3-26-03

Posted on 03/26/2003 6:34:39 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Former UN weapons inspector says US does not have military means to take over Baghdad, defeat inevitable.

LISBON - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable," he said.

"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was overly optimistic.

But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country at this stage.

A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.

Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.

Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq.


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KEYWORDS: 5; demshills; flashback; handwringers; ritter; scottritter; traitor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable,"

I for one am pleased to hear this. I wondered what had changed to make Ritter become so anti-American, now I see he has just lost his damn mind.

21 posted on 03/26/2003 6:40:11 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (Compassionate Conservative Curmudgeon)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The US can't defeat a fixed and immoveable target? BS.

Clearly, winning it won't be instant but Stalingrad it is not. There are no Iraqi forces waiting in the wings to counterattack. It is BERLIN, not Stalingrad, with the difference that the US will use technology to avoid battle casualties...

22 posted on 03/26/2003 6:40:42 AM PST by chilepepper (Gnocchi Seuton!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought this clown had crawled back uder his pedophile rock
24 posted on 03/26/2003 6:41:07 AM PST by The Wizard (Saddamocrats are enemies of America)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
he is speaking and spewing this crap at colleges all over NY state.

Anyone know the status of the case against him by the feds? Maybe someone should push it along, know what I mean?
25 posted on 03/26/2003 6:41:50 AM PST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Someone shoot this POS!
26 posted on 03/26/2003 6:41:56 AM PST by mystery-ak (Saddam...your time is almost up..my hubby and son are on their way to kick your a$$ out of Baghdad!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

Aside from being a pedophile, this self proclaimed expert on matters concerning Iraq is an idiot. Please ... just go away!

27 posted on 03/26/2003 6:42:05 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I envision Ritter's head on a pike.
28 posted on 03/26/2003 6:42:13 AM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Scotty is an expert on everything, including fine dining.


29 posted on 03/26/2003 6:43:11 AM PST by RippleFire
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why hasn't this bitch been hanged?
30 posted on 03/26/2003 6:43:27 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (They have been warned.)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Ritter meal ticket is being eviscerated and he can't stand it.
31 posted on 03/26/2003 6:43:33 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Snowy
Was he videotaped doing something naughty in Iraq? That's the first scenario that pops into my mind.

Or else in the Burger King parking lot....

32 posted on 03/26/2003 6:43:41 AM PST by vastrightwc
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To: Kevin Curry
ROTFLMAO!
33 posted on 03/26/2003 6:44:04 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Original White Devil for Sharpton)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Scott should get behind the move to westernize the Middle East. It means they'll be a lot more fast-food chains he can go cruising at over there.
34 posted on 03/26/2003 6:44:28 AM PST by pollwatcher
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To: Pokey78
What happened to this guy?

One Freeper raised an interesting possibility. If he was using 12 year old or younger girls in Iraq he might not want that information become public.

35 posted on 03/26/2003 6:44:34 AM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

36 posted on 03/26/2003 6:44:38 AM PST by mhking
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The NAYSAYERS are crawling out from the woodwork. It is typical of the hard core left in this country. THEY have been wrong about SO MANY THINGS in the past, when they are proved wrong, the elation of the outcome gives them cover.....BIG TIME. However if they are RIGHT,(even a clock....) they will get the press coverage of MJ after winning his fifth straight ring.
37 posted on 03/26/2003 6:44:47 AM PST by PISANO
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To: Zavien Doombringer
Right next to Little Tommy Dirtbag. Reduce these fools to the ashbin of irrelevant history.
38 posted on 03/26/2003 6:45:06 AM PST by grumple
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This pile of human waste is Axis Sally, Tokyo Rose and Lord Hee-Haw all rolled into one. Out and out traitor. I haven't seen him on TV lately. I wonder if even the TV netjerks consider him too hot to handle now.

Leni

39 posted on 03/26/2003 6:45:35 AM PST by MinuteGal (THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It will be interesting to see if once his funds are cut off whether he changes his tune. Or maybe he was smart and took it one lump sum. Nah, he ain't that smart.
40 posted on 03/26/2003 6:46:01 AM PST by Roy Tucker
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