Scott Ritter: "The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated.

Independent Online Newspapers ^ | March 26, 2003 | Sapa-AFP

[dmcg_98]

"US will lose war", says former UN inspector

March 26 2003 at 06:42PM

Lisbon - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable," he said.

"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

'It is a war we can not win' Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was overly optimistic.

But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country at this stage.

A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.

Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.

Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq. - Sapa-AFP

[Miss Marple]

OK...I am going back to my question I brought up the last time we had a discussion of Ritter on this forum.

In his interview with a television network (can't remember which one) he made reference to the CHILDREN'S prison that he had seen, and how he wouldn't talk about it becuse it would convince people to go to war. He intimated that he had been there as part of the inspection process.

Now, I ask mysself, why didn't anyone else on his team talk about that prison? Did Ritter perhaps go there alone, as the guest of one of his minders? And what was he shown and what did he do at that children's prison? And was any of that videotaped?

[doug from upland]

Instead of his given name, my hope for the future is that he can be referred to as Collateral Damage.

[CarmelValleyite]

Re Ritter's insanity: yeah, the syphilis will do that to ya....

[Bitter Bierce]

Why anyone should care what this traitorous pile of dung thinks about our chances of success in the war is beyond me. My toejam has more relevance to the ultimate outcome than does anything that buffoon says.

[hole_n_one]

LOL!

[We Happy Few]

The Constitution defines treason in terms of "levying War against [the United States]" or "in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

[TLBSHOW]

I find there are plenty of the Pervert ritter and Pitt titles and notice what countries are promoting the traitor now...South Africa ;Pakistan ;

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=scott+ritter&btnG=Search+News

[cake_crumb]

Is Scott's house for sale yet?

[TLBSHOW]

Good question that needs an answer from Ritter...

.....

I still wonder about the childrens prison in Iraq he went to and what he did there to the children?


103 posted on 03/26/2003 8:25 PM EST by TLBSHOW

[Beck_isright]

Like I've said, Ritter is worried about all the 14 year olds in Sadamn's whorehouses ratting him out on camera.

[Michael121]

He IS a TRATOIR. He needs to move to France where he fits in just fine. Other than that if I ran into him on the street he and a bus would play chicken.... (push.... OOPPS)
It is sad that he WAS a Marine.... to me this Acbar Nade killer is no better. The only difference is Ritter uses words and treachery to take out his victims.

[TLBSHOW]

Local radio host at Wgy slams him every afternoon from 3 to 7.

He is never home from what they say, but when he is in the area they have a Pervert alert sighting going.......LOL

[goodseedhomeschool]

who is this "scott ritter" person? Is he an idiot or what?

[Starrgaizr]

wow. that's a great point. it doesn't seem to be the sort of place UN inspectors would have wanted to officially know about. so if he said that he saw it, maybe it was as a customer.

[attiladhun2]

I have heard that the Iraqis have the "goods" on Ole Scott, i.e. that he is a sexual pervert and predator. He has obviously been an Iraqi agent for some time. He told everyone that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. However, an embeded CBN correspondent reported a finding of chem-weapons shells with Russian markings by U.S forces.

[Grampa Dave]

You posted: It wouldn't surprise me a bit if Ritter and/or his buddy Pitt DO troll FR. No doubt he has a DU membership too. According to the article, he didn't say one thing different from the doom and gloom propaganda we've been seeing in the media and here on FR. Heck, he could have copied and pasted statements from right here on FR on the making of his remarks today.

So where is Waldo, er Scottie the Pervert? Does he/she/it post gloom and doom on Free Republic?

[hole_n_one]

who is this "scott ritter" person?

Had the poster kept the text of the ORIGINAL title intact, you would know.......

US will lose war, says former UN inspector

[holyscroller]

"My theory is that Scott has all along been angling for Muslim protection for when he goes to jail."

When Scott goes to the slammer, he'll be surrounded by more (Black) Muslims than he's ever seen. His big surprise will be to find that American Black Muslims aren't quite the same variety of Muslims as the ones he loves in Iraq.

[timydnuc]

Scott has sold his soul, now he's trying to get it back. Unfortunately he's going the wrong way, but that is Scott's soul, not mine.

Mr. Ritter, you are a dirtbag, and a traitor, enjoy your eternity in Hell, I'm sure they have prepared a very special place for you.

Say "hello" to Benedict Arnold for me, you traitorist POS.