[finnman69]

I like the Stockholm theory

[finnman69]

ping

[anniegetyourgun]

I'm thinkin' it is the dirty pictures they have on him.....

[sheik yerbouty]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[dfwgator]

Could it have been.......SATAN?

[Poohbah]

What caused Ritter to flip?

$400,000.

[GraniteStateConservative]

FNC dumped him because his rantings were unbelievable-- literally, not figuratively.

[The Great Satan]

Hell hath no fury like a warrior scorned. Remember Ritter's doppelganger, Timothy McVeigh. Remember Ajax in The Iliad. I'm sure Ritter's quite sincere, and also quite mad.

[Thoudothprotest]

I don't think Ritter is a "dove" per se.

He was a Marine and knows combat. I believe he is the only person in this whole Iraq debate with the experience and first hand knowledge to offer an accurate assessment of Iraq's capabilities.

I, for one, am sick of the smear job he's been getting. Instead of listening to the man, he has been called an outright traitor.

THAT is wrong.

[Destructor]

One word- money!

[blau993]

I read EndGame when it first came out and found it to be a very schizophrenic book. The first three quarters of the book described Ritter's macho, confrontational dealings with the Iraquis and the lengths they would go to in order to conceal things and confound the work of the inspectors. The last quarter of the book then seemed to brush all of this off and say essentially what he is saying now -- that Iraq is not a problem. I think this all predated the movie and the money, but I don't know that for a fact. He is clearly an ego who does not like to have his opinions challenged. Maybe somebody rubbed him the wrong way. Who knows. He is one strange dude.

[mhking]

What caused Ritter to flip? That's easy...

Saddam promised him Boardwalk & Park Place

"Got loot?"

[finnman69]

By the way, anyone notice the Scott Ritter media blitz is now over. Then again you can review his new book here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893956385/qid=1033070456/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-3229800-5712761

[Orual]

Good article, but I think Ritter is

Four in the morning
Crapped out
Yawning
Longing my life away
I’ll never worry
Why should I?
It’s all gonna fade

Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear I’ll do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still Crazy
Still Crazy
Still Crazy after all these years.

[Space Wrangler]

Scott Ritter - What turned the hawkish Iraq weapons inspector into a dove?

$400,000 in Iraqi Oil money. Personally I'd never turn myself into a raving lunatic for that amount. $4 million, maybe, but I think I'd just as soon keep my name and reputation and let Saddam keep his measly $400K. Diffrent strokes for diffrent folks though.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

$$$

[Bobby777]

Scott Ritter - What turned the hawkish Iraq weapons inspector into a dove?



Ritter freaked out after seeing only one episode

[Shermy]

Tearing down the $400,000 theory means not much. doesn't mean he didn't receive other moneys. Directly, via NGO's, whatever, or laundered through mass purchases of his book.

[Sender]

I listened to Scott Ritter for about half an hour last night on Atlanta Forum. He is an intelligent and articulate speaker and he makes some good points about when and why we should send US troops into war.

However, I noted that there was a constant "edge" to his voice as he talked about the USA. I interpreted it as almost a revulsion. He must have sensed it too because he felt the need to remind everyone that he had been proud to be a Marine at one time every so often.

At one part, when he stated that the UN sanctions had "cost the lives of 350,000 to 500,000 people", he stopped and repeated it several times. Slower and slower, to force everyone to concentrate on it (and perhaps believe it). The message was clear: the UN (and by proxy, the US) has somehow heartlessly killed 200 times as many Iraqi civilians as the US lost on 9/11 already. Never mind that Saddam probably spent billions on weapons and palaces that could have easily fed and treated his people.

My gut conclusion: Ritter was turned by the Iraqis.

[Darlin']

The question should be: "Scott Ritter - What turned the hawkish Iraq weapons inspector into a dove Traitor ?

The answer is: He is a thin-skinned, egotistical weakling full of spite, bent on some warped sense of retaliation and seeking relevancy. Like Clinton he is willing to sell out his country to do so. For once I'm inclined to agree with Joe Biden, (did I say that?) this is all above Ritter's paygrade and he resents it. Little man, Big ego.

[OldSmaj]

Ritter hasn't provided any explanation for his change of heart or cited any new evidence.

Uh, who the hell cares?

Baghdad Scott is a traitor, pure and simple.

He's also FOS.

Anything he says is suspect. The treasonous POS should be lined up next to the other treasonous P'sOS and shot. After a fair trial, of course.

This man is not relevant to anything.