US Republicans signal readiness to resume Iraq weapons probe

AFP/Yahoo ^ | 12/22/03 | Unknown

[JohnGalt]

With news that David Kay has given up his search for WMDs to spend more time with his children, the WMD Dead Enders will have to find a new champion.

If the Republican Senators dig deep enough, they can aid Jim Baker and the Bush-Rove efforts to get the neocons out of this administration.

[adam_az]

If the Republican Senators dig deep enough, they can aid Jim Baker and the Bush-Rove efforts to get the neocons out of this administration.

huh?

[Coop]

But General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed confidence the weapons of mass destruction will be eventually found the same way US troops caught up with deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- through cooperation of Iraqi individuals.

'Nuff said.

[putupon]

Now, striking a conciliatory posture, Roberts said he had been working with the ranking committee Democrat, Senator John Rockefeller, and other members to defuse the standoff.

"conciliatory" is not the word I would use to describe the posture used for pandering to Rockefeller and the other traitors

[Pikamax]

"He did not repeat previous Republican demands that Democrats disavow their strategy paper, identify its author and present a formal apology for allegedly trying to manipulate the probe. "


ARGH!!!!!

[Luke21]

Pat Roberts is a marshmellow.

[JohnGalt]

It began as a story in the dead tree version of the American Conservative, but these three items below reference the story going around DC.

WOLFOWITZ’S PREMEDITATED BLUNDER
The choice of Baker as envoy to Iraq’s creditors is huge
Realists v. Hawks: Baker Returns

[JohnGalt]

Oh, that's right, he wants to spend more time with his family (see Ken Starr.)

WOLFOWITZ’S PREMEDITATED BLUNDER

[JohnGalt]

Ahh, Meyers is the New Champ then for the WMDeadenders.

Best to you, Coop, a true keeper of the faith.

[mewzilla]

You consider CBS an authoratative source?

Wait till the SOTU, JG. Patience is a virtue.

[Coop]

Best to you, Coop, a true keeper of the faith.

He says, maintaining a death grip on his straw.

[JohnGalt]

I read the article first in the Washington Post, but I linked to a couple other sources I found using Google. You may be right, of course, but after the Ken Starr disaster, I think its a case of "fool me once...

Washington Post:
Kay Plans to Leave Search for Iraqi Arms
Is The Search For Weapons Over?
Annan To Meet Soon With Iraq Council; Kay May Step Down

[berserker]

Saddam would still be ... acquiring nuclear weapons

Now there's a Christmas fantasy wish. Maybe you should check the news sometime: there was no nuclear weapons program in Iraq.

[JohnGalt]

Please, you are a Wolfowitz guy not a Bush guy. I appreciate the abstraction of changing the subject from WMDs to winning this abstract war of yours, but try to stay on topic.

And you are the one who will have to pick a side, not me.

"If you had had your way, Saddam would still be at large, terrorizing the world and acquiring nuclear weapons."

What are you a Bostonian? Us 508 and 413 simply don't fear the cave dwellers like the urban Wilsonians I guess.

[gaspar]

Roberts is a boob. A first class boob, and he has served for most of his life as a political hack. Intelligence and Roberts are two words that do not jibe, and the man should resign as Chair and take up something else that would be less damaging to the Republic.

[Mike4Freedom]

Pat Roberts is a marshmellow.

Unfortunately what he looks like is a partisan hack. It is his responsibility to ferret out the facts and decide amongst the following choices:
1. There were no WMDs for several years but the president was misled by his neo-con advisors.
2. There were no WMDs for several years and the president knew that and lied about it.
3. There were in fact WMDs that are still hidden.

I think that we can eliminate choice 3 right now. It is critically important to determine whether choice 1 or 2 is accurate, even if it hurts GWB. If the Republican party in the person of Pat Roberts keeps protecting him, the party will go down in ashes with Bush. It is much better to openly reveal the truth and save the party. The difference is a choice between a Democratic nincompoop president plus a Democratic congress or just a Democratic president gridlocked by a Republican congress.