Scott Ritter - American Hero and Patriot!

[jefferson_dem]

Scott Ritter is a genuine American hero and patriot. Early on, and with great courage, he went way out on a limb. He put his personal credibility on the line by challenging chimp and the rw cabal's wmd claims long before it became politically fashionable.

We now know that Ritter was absolutely correct in terms of the particular wmd argument and, perhaps more importantly, in terms of this administration's meniacle manufacturing of the truth in order to march us to war.

Check out his article "Is Iraq a True Threat to the US?," authored in July 2002!

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In direct contrast to these findings, the Bush administration provides only speculation, failing to detail any factually based information to bolster its claims concerning Iraq's continued possession of or ongoing efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. To date no one has held the Bush administration accountable for its unwillingness - or inability - to provide such evidence.

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld notes that ``the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.'' This only reinforces the fact that the case for war against Iraq fails to meet the litmus test for the defense of our national existence so eloquently phrased by President Lincoln.

War should never be undertaken lightly. Our nation's founders recognized this when they penned our Constitution, giving the authority to declare war to Congress and not to the president. Yet on the issue of war with Iraq, Congress remains disturbingly mute.

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http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0721-02.htm


And this CNN story from September, 2002.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter told the Iraqi National Assembly on Sunday that his country, the United States, "seems to be on the verge of making a historical mistake" in its calls for ousting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/09/08/ritter.iraq/


Cheers Scott! This nation needs more like you!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. kick

[Chuletas]

honest question

Was that whole arrest thing a setup right before the war began. Don't want to provide details because I want to know if it was true or rumor.

Ritter just writes about what he saw, but leave it to this administration to question a vet's patriotism

[jefferson_dem]

5. Those dastardly and shameful smears were so crude that they

should hardly be distinguished with a legit defense. Think about the nasty trail of smears we've seen from this sick-fuck cabal of liars. They will burn.

[Chuletas]

2. honest question

Was that whole arrest thing a setup right before the war began. Don't want to provide details because I want to know if it was true or rumor.

Ritter just writes about what he saw, but leave it to this administration to question a vet's patriotism

[noonwitch]

6. I've always wondered the same thing

The case seems to have disappeared.

[Lerkfish]

10. IIRC, the charges against Ritter were dropped as spurious...

but it made its way to court before that determination was made...therefore the message was loud and clear to ritter: "see what we can do to you? how we can ruin your life like it was nothing at all?"

[lightbulb]

3. Thanks - his name doesn't come up often enough these days

He was one of those leading the charge of thruth early on. We remember, Scott!

[lumpy]

4. Yay Verily !

The truth will out.

[Kingshakabobo]

7. I must admit that I thought he was dead wrong

I was sure Iraq did have chemical and biological weapons even though I never thought it was a good enough reason to invade.

Question: Did the administration do a smear campaign on him? If I remember correctly, there was some allegations of him taking money from the Iraqis. Also, I thought there was some other sex allegations floating around.

He kind of disappeared from the public for a while and it makes me wonder what happened. Was he one of the first victims of Bush and company's desire to go to war?

Did they do one of their numbers on him?

[RhodaGrits]

9. Yeah, they tried to and by the time the dust settled and he was

exonerated... the chance to avoid the war was gone. scum.

[indigobusiness]

8. Right on...Scott deserves a plum position in Kerry's govt

He is a hero...a truly fine American.

[riverwalker]

11. Calling Maj. Ritter

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=57


Calling Maj. Ritter

By David H. Hackworth

Like it or not, Maj. Scott Ritter had it right all along.

Most of the rest of us, from the president to his key advisers, such as Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, Wolfowitz and Tenet, to the majority of Congress and to most of the talking heads – including the pre-Iraq War NBC analyst David Kay, who reported WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) behind every Iraqi sand dune – blew it big-time when it came down to the awesome arsenal that Saddam had supposedly squirreled away.
Ritter, the United Nations’ chief weapons inspector in Iraq until 1998, took us all on – virtually alone, against incredible odds – stating, “Iraq is not a threat to the U.S.,” and begging the American people to take charge and not “sit back and allow your government to go to war against Iraq ... (without all) the facts on the table to back this war up.” < read more>
http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=57

[peacetalksforall]

12. What I remember with anger were the serious and the joking snears

and insinuations by the right wing propagandists on the talk shows. It was truly disgusting and it wasn't the first time. That laughing with each other over and about a human being who doesn't hold to right wing dogma is a classic form of wild west and cannabalistic behavior of guilty until proven innocent. Why should anyone believe anything these same people say = Deborah Orin, Ce Ce Connelly, Brit Hume, Barnes and on and on and on. There smirky insider joke fests and character assassinations are un-American, therefore unpatriotic. There has to be a special place in hell for those who condemn a person on our airwaves.

[jefferson_dem]

13. HOLY SHIT! There's our man on CNN right now!

Rock on Scott!

[rndmprsn]

14. hes on CNN 360 right now

[Doctor_J]

15. he's giving * a paddling