[sissyjane]

Did any of you watch the Iraqi news conference today from Baghdad after Powell's presentation to the security council?I wish I could remember the exact quote,but the Iraqi general made a reference to Scott Ritter--something about a theory about how Iraq is innocent,but false evidence is set up? No media commented about his assertions. He basically said Ritter says we're innocent,so you must believe it.

[The Great Satan]

He basically said Ritter says we're innocent,so you must believe it.

Actually, what he said was a bit cleverer than that. He said Ritter authored the "concealment theory" -- the idea that Iraq was scurrying around hiding things before the inspectors arrived -- back when he was with UNSCOM, and now he denies the very same thing. That's good lawyering, because, if your comeback is that Ritter's a dirtbag, then you aren't well-positioned to accept the original claim, either -- or, at least, you have to attack the smuggled-in premise that Ritter was the inventor of "concealment," which most people would be too dumb to do.