[ArneFufkin]

Sam, I don't see a bribe NOW. There's no real tangible payoff for either party. Why would Saddam pay Scott Ritter a truckload of cash when he has the U.N., Germans, French, Muslim States, Canadians, American news media, Pat Buchanan and his Jurassic Juke Orchestra and the U.S. Democrat Party to do his P.R. nonsense for free. Ritter has no weight. He lacks ... yes ... GRAVITAS.

An inside source at UNSCOM, however, from 94-97 who could share the organization's "secret and fully planned impromptu inspection schedule" with interested Iraqi parties was worth a fortune back then. "Looks like we just missed them again! Let's grab some dinner."

Maybe they paid him then. Did he have financial issues? Maybe they caught him, or railroaded him, with some other affair that demands death or imprisonment under Islamic law or obliterates the career of a high-profile U.N. hero, Media-darling and decorated Marine. Lots of ugly stuff happens, and Saddam is not really a guy constrained by any boundaries of human shame or Islamic tenet.

Who knows. Maybe his U.N. payroll check bounced. Maybe he believes the shit he's flinging. Maybe he's compromised, but it's gotta be something major ... like something lurid involving Peter Arnett and a camel.

[Samwise]

Maybe they paid him then.

and own him now.

Maybe he's compromised, but it's gotta be something major ... like something lurid involving Peter Arnett and a camel.

LOL

Or maybe he is just plain nuts...