Blair: I have secret proof of weapons

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 06/01/03 | Gaby Hinsliff, Nick Paton Walsh, and Peter Beaumont

[Imal]

??...do you mean just plain 'ole 'underestimate'? I can't seem to find a good definition.

Oh no, they're misunderestimating him, just like the President says.

From Merriam-Webster OnLine:

Main Entry: mis·un·der·es·ti·mate
Pronunciation: "mis-&n-d&r-'es-t&-"mAt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Coined by President George W. Bush at Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
1 : to estimate a person's intelligence as being dramatically less than its actual level
2 : to insist that a person who repeatedly hands you your ass is too stupid to be able to do so

[Lady In Blue]

Just coming back on to keep this thread bumped!

[votelife]

bttt

[FreedomPoster]

"Nice definition" bump.

[TN4Liberty]

I would reckon, if they do know there's proof, Dubya is just waiting to see if he can get any of his potential presidential opponents to start harping about it. If one starts harping and the press gives him mileage, the other candidates are bound to smell the blood and enter the feeding frenzy- hoping to not get left out of the action. Then Dubya shows his cards and wham bam thank you ma'am- all of 'em look like total jackasses.

I really hope you are wrong. Bush's appeal seems to be that he constantly and consistently does the right thing and lets the chips fall where they may. Holding back important info on located WMD for political gain is NOT the right thing. Very Clintonesque. Besides that, I think it would be a bad idea politically.

They may be holding back info on WMD for security reasons, but I can't imagine holding it back to make the dem candiates look bad. They look pretty bad already.

[Miss Marple]

I agree that the information wouldn't be held back for domestic political reasons. However, the information would be held back for international reasons.

For example, what if a lot of that stuff discovered had French and German fingerprints all over it? It would be in our interest to withhold that information for a while in order to see what else those two countries had been up to. If Chirac and Schroeder are wanting to establish a Europe as a counterweight to the US, rather than a partner, it would be advantageous to keep silent until they are ratcheting up their plans, and then lower the boom.

The Eastern European countries would then have the right to question France and German's leadership of the EU.

Remember, W thinks about 4-5 moves ahead of everyone else. The reason the democrats keep stepping in it is that they refuse to understand this.

[tictoc]

George Galloway is only a bicycle ride away from you. Could you pleeeease bust him in the kisser?

[Rebelbase]

"I wonder how many times the naysayers will misunderestimate who they are dealing with and realize they are nothing more than pawns in a grand game of strategery."

I would never, ever, under any circumstances bet the ranch in a game of poker with W.

[mewzilla]

Bet the president is going to have something very interesting to say to Chiraq....

[Timesink]

That is certainly intriguing.

He's got the proof. If you think the American press is vicious and Bush-hating, well, the UK press will take ANYONE down, left or right, just for the sake of selling more papers, and do it in ways that would make Larry Flint blush. There's no way in hell Blair would make this claim if he doesn't have the data to back it up, because he'd never survive the media onslaught if he didn't.

[Prodigal Son]

George Galloway is only a bicycle ride away from you.

LOL! Our flat in Glasgow is actually in his district. I've never seen him around here.

[grumple]

Quite frankly, none of the journalists or talking heads operate under the framework of military intelligence integrity. And since they don't they can't understand it either. There is still alot going on in Iraq and as such, alot of the operations are still of a sensitive nature. It does us absolutely no good to announce what we have found at this time...and remember, the Clintons still haven't said a word...which means they aren't setting themselves up to look stupid...unless one already knows their tactics...

[Prodigal Son]

Holding back important info on located WMD for political gain is NOT the right thing.

What's the rush? I fully support the administration reporting on what they know, but I would also applaud them methodically compiling their findings so they can have something comprehensive to show to the American people at a later date- that as opposed to the gossip style method of reporting each new twig overturned or 'what the guy who has a cousin who has a friend who says...'.

If the opposition doesn't possess the patience to wait- this is their weakness and could be their undoing. You are seeing the political machinations now from their side. Waiting until we have compiled a thorough dossier for the taxpayers is not in any way unethical. If the impatience of the American people goads the liberals into making jackasses of themselves- so much the better.

[krb]

When I read the title, I though Jayson Blair was claiming the proof!

[ctonious]

"We apologize to the liberal back-benchers for the delay - but we are currently processing the WMD evidence to fit more conveniently down your throats."

[oceanview]

Well, all I can say is that Blair needs to put up or shut up. In Britain and in Europe, this lack of WMD findings is reaching "watergate level" proportions, its different then what we are seeing in the US.

[Howlin]

I agree with your post. The press published too many stories that were "breaking" that shortly disappeared from OUR radar.

[bert]

....Was it Nixon who had a secret plan to win the Vietnam War?.....

He flanked Russia by engaging China thereby eliminating the Soviet threat in SE Asia.

History will record the action as a win.

[bert]

....If the opposition doesn't possess the patience to wait....

You mean like waiting until June of 2004 just before the Rat Convention.

How unfortunate, monthly revelations beginning in January, drip, drip, drip, like a stalactite, the land slide builds.

[alrea]

If he pulls out WMD now then the Dems have 18 months to formulate another plan.

holding back information is critical. the goal is to get the 50 or so on the deck of cards. the other goal is to get bin laden. the other goal is to clean out some of the poison in iran and other local countries.

they don't care if the press, the french, the democratic party and the suicidal peace turds get to see the weapons of mass destruction.

the CIA already has highly classified information about neighboring countries that has to be dealt with carefully.