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Scott Ritter: "The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated.
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| March 26, 2003
| Sapa-AFP
Posted on 03/26/2003 4:30:03 PM PST by 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
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To: cake_crumb; Grampa Dave
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if Ritter and/or his buddy Pitt DO troll FR.If I recall correctly, Pitt has posted here under two or more IDs. Dunno about his disgusting pal Ritter.
141
posted on
03/26/2003 6:05:05 PM PST
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique)
To: Beck_isright; Miss Marple
Beck, what you posted has been on the back of my mind ever since he got so outraged that we might invade Iraq. Beck posted:
Like I've said, Ritter is worried about all the 14 year olds in Sadamn's whorehouses ratting him out on camera.
I would add any young teenage girl or former teenager that he might have abused in his visits to the children's prison. If he kills himself when we free the people in Baghdad, that will be a big clue.
142
posted on
03/26/2003 6:05:46 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: TLBSHOW
"He is never home from what they say, but when he is in the area they have a Pervert alert sighting going.......LOL"PERFECT!
143
posted on
03/26/2003 6:07:35 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: All
144
posted on
03/26/2003 6:07:55 PM PST
by
Bob J
To: dmcg_98
A totally impartial weapons inspector, no doubt. And such a fine upstanding young man, too.
145
posted on
03/26/2003 6:08:03 PM PST
by
Rocky
To: hole_n_one
Oh, lol, I thought we were talking about some saddamn loving muzslime freak or a pukenik. Of course, this guy sounds about like the other freaks, so I will assume he hates our GREAT country. Does he have any idea just how powerful America really is? He must be totally clueless.
To: dmcg_98
I hope this loser stays OUT of our country permanently.
To: dighton
Pitt posted here under a whole lot of names. I think that he got bounced right after I found FR a couple of times.
There were some Freepers who tracked his key words and nailed him under a couple of different names. They were very skilled at it.
148
posted on
03/26/2003 6:09:59 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: Argus
Suggest we strap Ritter and Michael Moore together and drop the resulting 2,000 pound bomb on the enemy. LOL. Great visual!
To: Grampa Dave
"So where is Waldo, er Scottie the Pervert? Does he/she/it post gloom and doom on Free Republic?"I'm guessing those are rhetorical questions ;- )
150
posted on
03/26/2003 6:17:33 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: Grampa Dave
It does make you think....and wonder just what he did with his free time as an inspector....
151
posted on
03/26/2003 6:18:05 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(V is for VICTORY....I love the smell of napalm in the morning..or an E-bomb)
To: Beck_isright
It does make you think....and wonder just what he did with his free time as an inspector.... Wasn't Ritter in the USMC before his UN duties? What the heck happened to this guy? It's almost as if he wants the Allies to be defeated.
152
posted on
03/26/2003 6:20:19 PM PST
by
Fury
To: Fury
He was Clintonized.
153
posted on
03/26/2003 6:20:48 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(V is for VICTORY....I love the smell of napalm in the morning..or an E-bomb)
To: dighton
"If I recall correctly, Pitt has posted here under two or more IDs"Gee, I wonder if I ever wound up flaming him?
154
posted on
03/26/2003 6:24:05 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: The South Texan
The Bag-Cam (CBS) is showing a statue of Scotty silouetted against the eastern skyline right now....
To: Beck_isright; Miss Marple
Miss Marple had felt for a long time that Ritter did his pervert thing in Iraq and ended up on Iraqi Candid Camera.
After that, he changed his direction and tune and started marching for Saddam!
156
posted on
03/26/2003 6:27:17 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: dmcg_98
All Right, Dammit!!! Who the hell asked him??? Point 'em out!!! You just lost your tee time and tripled your greens fees! We'll teach you to ask that prick ANYTHING!!!
157
posted on
03/26/2003 6:30:10 PM PST
by
Wondervixen
(Ask for her by name--Accept no substitutes!)
To: dmcg_98
LOL!
158
posted on
03/26/2003 6:30:39 PM PST
by
a_Turk
(After all the jacks are in their boxes, and the clowns have all gone to bed..)
To: Joe 6-pack
Remember the scene from "The Best Years of Our Lives" where Dana Andrews busts soda fountain customer Ray Teal in the nose for spouting out anti-American garbage?
Scott Ritter needs the Dana Andrews treatment.
159
posted on
03/26/2003 6:31:06 PM PST
by
zook
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