Posted on 05/28/2003 10:59:58 AM PDT by IR8-1
He couldn't admit he was wrong in predicting before the war that we would lose.... and that we would run from Iraq with our tail between our legs.
So he is sinking deeper into denial and self delusion..pretending he didn't make a fool out of himself.
I think he has serious mental problems.
What might Ritter and Hatfill have in common, or what common purpose might they both be said to serve?
Both are from similar communities, with similar professional paths (didn't make it as career military but stayed with international-security work through nontraditional means; also, both are connected with the UN Iraq inspector community; could be they know a lot of the same people).
Both are reported as having checkered pasts (and even presents) which have tended to discredit them though not to completely shut them down.
Both keep popping back up in the public eye with an interesting timing, after one has almost forgotten about them, and getting another 15 minutes of fame.
For whatever reason, the message of each, stated by one, implied by the other, is the same - Iraq (i.e. Saddam Hussein) is no anthrax threat.
He said for years that they had plenty of banned weapons. 400K and a directorial debut later, he changed his mind 180 degrees. Overnight.
The fact that we haven't found anything should worry you, not make you feel vindicated. It's a documented fact that these weapons existed, by all accounts, including Ritter's up to 1998. To date, there has been not a shred of evidence pointing to the destruction of these weapons. Nothing.
So where are they?
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