US will lose war, says former UN inspector

Independent Online ^ | March 26 2003 at 06:42PM | Sapa-AFP

[gene-k]

Lisbon - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former United Nations 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.

'It is a war we can not win' 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. - Sapa-AFP

[dirtboy]

Savor your most recent paycheck from Saddam, Ritter. I doubt you'll be getting any more of them.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

Previously posted. Moderator please pull

[rageaholic]

Bah this geek made a career out of making claims like this. He'd be better off inspecting restaurants for cockroaches.

[eborys]

And don't forget that he likes to date 14 yr old girls.

[Wavyhill]

"The US is going to lose this war, because Iraq will use the chemical weapons they don't have. I know, because I asked my trusted advisor: my girlfriend's sixth grade social studies teacher."

[oyez]

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win,"

What's this we sh3t. Ridder isn't with us. Anyway he said this with a fifteen year old between his ,legs.

Ridder personifies the anti-America movement , . Subclintonoids.

[IowaHawk]

"The interview was cut short when Ritter was called away for an emergency cleanup in Aisle 6."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

follow the money

[BillCompton]

Mr. Ritter, can you show the jury what Saddam did to you when you reached for his cheese sandwich?

[lilylangtree]

Look at Scott Ridder and think "Ugly American".

[Puppage]

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

Outta the mouth of a pedophile.......

[AgThorn]

what a jerk! is the same pedophile accused Ritter thats been his own worse problem?

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Ritter

[Illbay]

Already Posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/876663/posts

[Kay Soze]

The US being over run is this pedophiles only chance of escaping prosecution.

[apeman81]

With a resume which includes UN weapons inspector, this man’s opinion cannot be so callously ignored.

Laughed at, ridiculed, excoriated, shouted down, and tossed with a chuckle on the trash heap of stupidity, but never ignored.

What a putz!

[Lx]

Ack, I hate to agree with Biden but this traitor is talking way above his pay grade.

[apeman81]

Naaah! He lost that in his girlfriend of 13 years.

That's her age, by the way.

[wingster]

He's obviously engaged in a tough game of "Risk" w/ someone who's got a stack or armies on the Middle East!

It's just a game Scott, although I don't think anyone here is surprised that you're losing...