Ex-U.N. inspector visits Iraq to "prevent a war" (Ritter)

Reuters | 9/08/02

[Texas_Jarhead]

shades of Hanoi Jane

[Always Right]

Sounds like Ritter should just join the Tailiban and be done with it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

LOL! I bet the left wing media puts a cape on Ritter now, with a big 'S' on his chest.

[Miss Marple]

I will bet cash money that CNN carries this speech live.

[kattracks]

On leaving his U.N. job, Ritter at the time accused the United Nations and the United States of not being tough enough on Iraq when it violated Security Council resolutions, but he subsequently became a vocal critic of U.S. policy on Iraq.

Makes you wonder what happened to make Ritter do a 180.

[UofORepublican]

Ritter: "Their (Iraqi) weapons programmes have been eliminated,"

Exactly. Thats why they booted out all of the weapons inspectors. They have nothing to hide. Its a good thing Scott Ritter cleared this up for me. He is a sincere asset to this nation.

[I still care]

That's exactly what I thought on reading this - the new jane fonda.

[DeaconRed]

"Makes you wonder what happened to make Ritter do a 180."

Probably pictures of Ben Franklin.

[DB]

What amazed me is Hackworth saying he respected Ritter and that if Ritter was saying something we should listen...

Simply Amazing...

[thisiskubrick]

Umm.. Jane Fonda was never a marine.
Doesn't it matter that Ritter was one of the weapons inspectors that served in Iraq? Could it be that he's telling the truth?

[LenS]

Could it be that he's telling the truth?

No. His story has changed 180 degrees and that change occured years after he no longer had direct access to the situation. It also occured after Iraq hired him to do a film. Unless he's able to show that he found proof of Iraq's innocence in the PI studio or in a cornfield in Iowa, I'd say this is an open and shut case of selling out for cash.

[LenS]

In light of Saddam's paranoia and habit of killing guests, I suggest that the administration should get a Senator to leak a story to the NY Times that Mr. Ritter is a US double agent. Saddam will take care of the problem for us immediately.

[dc-zoo]

Could it be that he's telling the truth?

Absolutely not. He's the traitor in bagdad. The ugly american.

[GOPyouth]

Ruck Fitter

[abner]

Does this mean that we are rid of him?

He should just stay there.

[piasa]

If he's telling the truth now, then he was lying when he was a weapons inspector.

Which Ritter should we believe, Scott Ritter #1, who comes with corroborating evidence from other inspectors and dissident testimony, or Scott ritter #2 whose only witness seems to be Hussein?

[Stentor]

Could it be that he's telling the truth?

No.

Follow the money. I know you can do it.

[Cincinatus]

Makes you wonder what happened to make Ritter do a 180.

Three words: Swiss bank account

[mhking]

Ritter's on CNN right now with Miles O'Brian trying to justify his visit, along with continuing his campaign of lies against the government.