Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq

Middle East Online ^ | 3-26-03

[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.

[TLBSHOW]

you have to check out Pitt....

Now, I am the terrorist

William Rivers Pitt

Today, I sit in numbed horror as more carnage unfolds. Hundreds of massive missiles have rained down on a city far away, killing indiscriminately among the young, the infirm, the old and the innocent. My government did this. My nation did this. My leaders did this. Today, I am the terrorist. So are you
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-3-2003_pg3_5

[lavaroise]

I meant of course when Ritter goes after little girls...

[tutstar]

Benedict Ritter? or Scott Arnold?
Judas, even?

[TLBSHOW]

more of Ritters crap!

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=scott+ritter

[finnman69]

They are both is such numbnuts. Just wrong wrong wrong.

[Conservative_Rob]

Hey, Brasília (the capitol of Brazil) was carved out of the jungle in 1957 - one day there was nothing - a few years later there was a gleaming capitol of a major South American country. I say we just write off Baghdad and start from scratch when this is over.

[spectre]

"So, is he saying this because he knows (and has known for a long time) that Hussein has bio/chem and nuke weapons--you know, the ones he and Blix claim Hussein doesn't have? Makes ya go hmmm anyway.

Maybe he is saying "this" because he truly is the real life Manchurian Candidate. Something is not right with him.

sw

[Roy Tucker]

Blackmail, maybe. But lots of people have betrayed the US (and I don't think he has crossed the line yet) for money. Oldest reason in the book.

[lavaroise]

The anti-American child molester gets more undeserved press.

Indeed, he cannot understand some people are not afraid of going after pervs like Saddam. Of course, in Ritter's world of hate and wish to see America lose, it is a world of bad winners and bad losers, loser all the way as a matter of fact. The man just thinks in those terms. Ritter should know better, for if he was truly brave, he would take a stand with Iraq losing, not winning. It is too easy to be for the winner. The man has no guts and cannot accept reality nor defeat nor a bullet in his head if he crosses my path.

[TLBSHOW]

at google they are calling Pitt a NYtimes bestseller author.

LOLROF

[Centurion2000]

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.

Guess pedo-Ritter never even saw the nuclear weapons america had ..... just how exactly did this perv get to be a weapons inspector ????

If he can't even realize or notice American nuke power how is he supposed to know about others ???

[AnalogReigns]

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. "

Interesting--if I'm not mistaken, that's the same phrase Uday and Saddam have used. Scott's being paid off.

[MizSterious]

Maybe he is saying "this" because he truly is the real life Manchurian Candidate.

Makes a lot of sense, and the means to this end might have been his paedophelia, as someone a few posts earlier suggested.

[BSunday]

he ought to be "imbedded"...... by a marine bayonette

[GOPJ]

Is Ritter, Saddam's poster boy, also a Democrat with French parents?

The anti-American child molester gets more undeserved press.

[GOPJ]

Is Ritter, Saddam's poster boy, also a Democrat with French parents?

The anti-American child molester gets more undeserved press.

[1Old Pro]

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.

LOL, now we know who Saddam is listening too. I can't believe this child molester keeps getting press.

[Tallguy]

It is BERLIN, not Stalingrad, with the difference that the US will use technology to avoid battle casualties...

I like your analogy, but I worry about casualties nonetheless. The Russians took HUGE casualties taking Berlin.

There is another reason that we have used precision bombing in Baghdad: A city in rubble is more difficult to "take" than an intact city. It's very disorienting to the attacker, and crumbled buildings make excellent sniper nests.

[Xenalyte]

The interview was held at a local Burger King where Ritter held a large bag of fries on his lap and invited young girls to "take one."

A laugh I sorely needed - thanks, KC!