Blair on Iraq Rack as Spy Chief Breaks Cover

Reuters ^ | 09-15-03

[AntiGuv]

Oopsie..

[anymouse]

Now if we can just find him and dis-leg and dis-head him as well. :)

[arete]

But five months after Saddam's overthrow, Saddam remains disarmed.

Each passing day confirms that Saddam's regieme didn't have the WMD that Blair claimed he had. Heck, we haven't found any at all let alone the 45 min crap the Britts claimed. Talk about making stuff up to get the desired outcome. Geez.

Richard W.

[observer5]

"Each passing day confirms that Saddam's regieme didn't have the WMD that Blair claimed he had. Heck, we haven't found any at all let alone the 45 min crap the Britts claimed. Talk about making stuff up to get the desired outcome. Geez."

Only fools believe that this was about WMD. It was always about changing the Middle East for good. Let the fools fight and argue over nothing.

[observer5]

"Each passing day confirms that Saddam's regieme didn't have the WMD that Blair claimed he had. Heck, we haven't found any at all let alone the 45 min crap the Britts claimed. Talk about making stuff up to get the desired outcome. Geez."

Only fools believe that this was about WMD. It was always about changing the Middle East for good. Let the fools fight and argue over nothing.

[observer5]

"Each passing day confirms that Saddam's regieme didn't have the WMD that Blair claimed he had. Heck, we haven't found any at all let alone the 45 min crap the Britts claimed. Talk about making stuff up to get the desired outcome. Geez."

Only fools believe that this was about WMD. It was always about changing the Middle East for good. Let the fools fight and argue over nothing.

[Montfort]

So you believe that Saddam simply and without fanfare or internal documentation destroyed all of his own chemical weapons? Or did he use them all up on the Kurds?

[arete]

So you believe that Saddam simply and without fanfare or internal documentation destroyed all of his own chemical weapons? Or did he use them all up on the Kurds?

Yep, used some on the Kurds and then destroyed the rest. At this point, you have to be blind not to see the truth.

Richard W.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Yep, used some on the Kurds and then destroyed the rest.

If this is true, then it's quite odd that he didn't just document that destruction for the UN and save his own ass, and power, and sons. Instead, he let the details of the WMD-destruction be a mystery to us. I guess he fooled us. Oops! Oh well.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Yep, used some on the Kurds and then destroyed the rest. At this point, you have to be blind not to see the truth.

You may be wrong but you are never in doubt, are you?

[My2Cents]

Prediction: We'll eventually find that the Iraqi WMD were split between Syria and Iran, with the chemical and bio weapons transferred into Syria, and most of the nuclear hardware and expertise going to Iran. And the War on Terror won't be complete until we've dealt with the other two nations.

[Endeavor]

I'm not blind and I don't see your "truth." It is illogical to assume that Saddam destroyed his wmd's and then refused to acknowledge that when it was apparent we were serious.

Some of this stuff is buried and some of it is now in Syria, Iran, Yemen, Indonesia and probably the United States. Open your own eyes.

[arete]

You may be wrong but you are never in doubt, are you?

It is simply illogical and irrational that after all this time, and after having captured so many high ranking officials (cute card deck PR), that no one has said, "I know where they are. Let me show you". With the massive WMD program Saddam was accused of having, surely at least one scientist, worker, military person of any rank would have been talking his head off by now. After all, these people are happy and grateful that we're there and that they are liberated.

Richard W.

[Pikamax]

reuters in hyperbole mad cow disease mode.

[pfflier]

At this point, you have to be blind not to see the truth.

Doesn't it stike you as odd that a country with a known established chemical program is sanitized of any evi\dence at all??

There is non so blind as he who will not see.

[IoCaster]

"The original (intelligence) report referred ... to battlefield weapons. What subsequently happened in the reporting was it was taken that the 45 minutes applied to weapons of a longer range," he said.

I hate when they do that. What is the original statement in it's entirety? Why should I trust the press to not splice together quotes possibly taken out of context, to put whatever spin they want on it? They've certainly been doing a lot of that lately.

[cookcounty]

Now remind me, just how many mosques have been searched in the Sunni triangle?

[cookcounty]

"Yep, used some on the Kurds and then destroyed the rest."

(response): "If this is true, then it's quite odd that he didn't just document that destruction for the UN and save his own ass, and power, and sons. Instead, he let the details of the WMD-destruction be a mystery to us.

I keep going back and forth on this. Maybe Saddam wanted us to believe he had WMD because he calculated that our belief in his "WMD" would deter us. Saddam has made plenty of miscalculations in his life.