Interview with Scott Ritter - Paula Zahn makes Ritter Go Crazy!

CNN ^ | 9/902

[piasa]

Those boxcutters on flight 93 were for civilian use too...

Those gyroscopes Iraq was trying to smuggle were for civilian use too...

That VX nerve gas that couldn't be accounted for, and that VX residue on those missiles was for civilian use, too...

Those drones fitted with spraying equipemt are for civilian use, too...

Those dried anthrax spores that cannot be accounted for were for civilian use, too

Those dump trucks refitted to hold guns were for civilian use, too

Those Japanese trucks mounted with guns are for civilian use, too

Yeah, sure, those specially made and very expensive aluminum pipes were for civilian use too...

That mockup of a US warship in that lake is for civilian use, too

Those training camps over there next to our military facilities are for civilian use too

Those paychecks are for suicide bombers are for civilian use, too...

Iraq just hasn't figured out what those Iraqi 'civilians' intend to do with all that stuff, that's all.

(The sound of crickets singing )

Really.

(The sound of crickets singing)

Yeah, that's the ticket.

(The sound of crickets singing )

It all depends on what the meaning of 'civilian' is.

(the sound of crickets singing )

Uh... those are civilian kneepads.

And no, that's not a stain on that marine uniform.

[Wingsofgold]

Hey Ritter, I'd like ta know who is paying for your trip abroad and your reeducation. Heheheee. Private citizen my butt.

[Dark Wing]

ping

[Wingsofgold]

Ritter ain't got 2 nickles to rub together. Lest wise he didn't used to. Didn't have the kinda money to go off on a fancy crusade, or any crusade. What's happenin here? Hummm?

[CIB-173RDABN]

I am all for sending inspectors back in,as long as they consist of troops of the 101st Airborne, backed up by the 82nd Airborne.

[Wingsofgold]

Old Jitter Ritter. Old "let's not go down there 'n look to close boys, they might not like it" Ritter. Yeah, I remember ya well.

[rdb3]

There's something really fishy about this Ritter guy. He seems to have switched gears a little too abruptly.

Yeah, cause he got paid! $$$

[Right Wing Professor]

Only 3 things can explain this..

My own (fourth) possible explanation was that the Iraqis set him up with a nice boy during his last visit, and filmed it.

[X-USAF]

...this old Air Force Dude would like a few -uh-hum WORDS with him...

When you want to get on his six, let me know. I'll be at your 3.

[Prodigal Son]

And I'm in here in Baghdad trying to facilitate the return of weapons inspectors to keep your service members from going to a war that doesn't need to be fought.

No, that's our service members Scott.

Jeesh, he talks like he's already an Iraqi citizen.

[Clara Lou]

What you've said in your post #6 is what I've been thinking. As someone up above said, he's changed gears too quickly. There's something fishy here.

[Right Wing Professor]

Mr Ritter explained and handled himself competently and eloquently, as usual.

If that's what passes for 'competently and eloquently' in Australia, well, it explains a lot ...

To those of us who hail from somewhat, ahem, less intense places, he came aross as a unhinged nutter.

[TJFLSTRAT]

Scott Ritter, Saddams #1 useful idiot.

[Wingsofgold]

Heheheeeee. Ya got it. :) Whatcha wanna bet he'll squeel 'n peel? HehehehHHEee. Boy ain't never had no guts. Always had a taste for tha high life tho. Hehehee. Just sumpin I noticed long ago and far away. :)

[Churchillspirit]

Scott Ritter.......Mother of all traitors.

[Burkeman1]

I just heard on the radio tht Iraq has openly challenged Bush to present his evidence at the UN for a WMD program in Iraq. Kennedy did so against the Soviet Union over the Cuban missle crisis. Depending on whether or not we would be giving up intelligence methods and assetts I would say some aluminum pipes ain't gonna cut either and it is time for the US to put up or shut up. Bush just met with Chretian today and he said that he was not convinced of the necessity to attack Iraq from what Bush told him or showed him today.

[Notforprophet]

Great post! And nice profile page, too.

Notforprophet

[Right Wing Professor]

Chemical weapons? Biological weapons? They talk about bulk agent in terms of Iraq's biological weapons program. What bulk agent? Where did they make it? Bulk agent has a three year lifetime in terms of storage in ideal conditions. The last time Iraq was known to have produced bulk agent was in 1990. That stuff, even if they held onto it, is no longer viable. So to have bulk agent today, Iraq would have had to reconstitute a manufacturing base in biological weapons. Where is it?

I'd hate to contradict an expert like Mr. Ritter, but a obscure little organization in Atlanta seems to think differently .

Anthrax is caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis, a gram-positive spore-forming rod. The spore form of this organism can survive in the environment for many decades. Certain environmental conditions appear to produce "anthrax zones," areas wherein the soil is heavily contaminated with anthrax spores. Such conditions include soil rich in organic matter (pH <6.0) and dramatic changes in climate, such as abundant rainfall following a prolonged drought. Partly because of its persistence in soil, anthrax is a rather important veterinary disease, especially of domestic herbivores. In addition to encountering anthrax while grazing in areas of high soil contamination, these herbivores may also acquire the disease from the bite of certain flies (8). Vultures may mechanically spread the organism in the environment (9). Anthrax zones in the United States closely parallel the cattle drive trails of the 1800s (10).

Ritter says three years, the CDC says at least a century. Hmmm, who to believe...?

[bootless]

A: his own life and/or family's are being threatened by hussein.
B: he turned islamic on us.
C: $$$$$$$$$$$

You get what you pay for.

[X-USAF]

...No, that's our service members Scott.

You hit the nail right on the head. Or did Scotty boy hit it for us?