[Defiant]

This guy Ritter just won't quit. Note that there is no mention of his prediliction for little girls.

[Brian Mosely]

Maybe his next stop is Bangkok...

[Michael Barnes]

Ritter is a punk.

[maranatha]

In his response today to Powell, one of the Iraqi officials suggested we speak with Ritter regarding the truth.

[dalebert]

Ritter sounds like a real whore. His game must be money. Wonder if he is on the Dem payroll.

[AppyPappy]

He's been looking at anime porn and got an idea.

Who pays for these trips?

[twyn1]

One of the Iraqi spokesman used Ritter as a source of proof that they do not have WMD

[EggsAckley]

"I didn't take an oath to obey the (U.S.) president blindly. That's what a good German did in the 1940s,"

[Zathras]

Who's paying for this yahoo to fly all over the world?
I guess Marines make alot more than I thought ;-)

[John Jorsett]

"I didn't take an oath to obey the (U.S.) president blindly. That's what a good German did in the 1940s," he said, denying that his campaign to "wage peace" is unpatriotic.

Far from being a "good German," I'd say Ritter's present role is that of Saddam's Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's Minister for Propaganda).

Somebody shred this guy's passport while he's out of the country.

[DoughtyOne]

Aw common folks. Give him a break. He may be there touring grade schools in his quest to make sure those girls get everything that's coming to them.

[Fred Mertz]

"I didn't take an oath to obey the (U.S.) president blindly. That's what a good German did in the 1940s," he said, denying that his campaign to "wage peace" is unpatriotic.

This guy is losing it. He has to go outside our borders to make a buck now. Isn't he real close to being legally charged with sedition or some similar charges?

[cyncooper]

said that there was no evidence that Iraq had acquired weapons of mass destruction since 1998, when the earlier team of U.N. inspectors he led left Iraq,

Oh, dear, on the very day Colin Powell unveils those damning tapes and photos!

and that the best way to guarantee that Iraq disarms is to give the latest team of inspectors time to do their work.

And Powell further states the inspectors have been compromised.

I await Ritter being dealt with as would be appropriate. The Iraqis sure seem fond of him

BTW, Sen. Kyl was asked by Shep Smith point blank a little while ago if they had any info that Ritter is owned by Iraq. Kyl declined to say yea-----or nay.

[steve-b]

Ritter in Japan Drumming up Anti-US Sentiment

And picking up some choice examples of the naughty-tentacles subgenre of anime, no doubt.

[Servant of the Nine]

I'm surprised the Japanese let child molesters into the country

So9

[spectre]

Wonder how many pictures and tapes Saddam has showing Ritter and his passion for little girls?

Ritter is acting like a man who is on a life-saving mission...his own.

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[ClancyJ]

Well, I think this qualifies as being a traitor - he is actively recruiting countries to go against the U.S. actions.

Just who does he think he is and why would they ever listen to this hasbeen or neverwas?

So, he expects them to discount the Secretary of State, the President of the U.S., the Defense Secretary, the Vice-President of the U.S. and listen to a former inspector that has been arrested for seeking young girls on the internet?

Yeah, sure.

[SunStar]

...accused the United States of breaking international law by seeking a regime change in Iraq.

"I didn't take an oath to obey the (U.S.) president blindly..."

No, Ritter took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, NOT "international law", which has no hold over the United States or our interests and security.

But, Ritter already knows he is a traitor. He has been providing aid and comfort to Iraq for a couple of years now. In another time, he'd be shot on the White House lawn...

[Cate]

Ritter must be forgetting that Japan allows extradition of felons out of there country. If he was a smart man, he'd be hiding out. Oh, but maybe thats why he's become saddams mouth piece, maybe Saddam found out about his love of little girls and was holding that tidbit over his head. Nah, Ritter is just a spineless weasel who likes to pick on little ones who can't defend themselves.

[Phantom Lord]

Scott Ritter, 42, speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, said that there was no evidence that Iraq had acquired weapons of mass destruction since 1998, when the earlier team of U.N. inspectors he led left Iraq, and that the best way to guarantee that Iraq disarms is to give the latest team of inspectors time to do their work.

This assumes a couple of things.

1) said that there was no evidence that Iraq had acquired weapons of mass destruction since 1998 This assumes that in 1998 Iraq had no WMD. Thus, having not obtained any since then there is no need to disarm.

2) and that the best way to guarantee that Iraq disarms is to give the latest team of inspectors time to do their work. This assumes that Iraq has WMD and that allowing the inspectors more time will cause Iraq to disarm.

So which is it Ritter? Do they, or do they not have WMD? And if the answer is that they have them and thus the inspectors are needed to assure they disarm then they are in violation of Resolution 1441 and their weapons declaration was a total fabrication. Which, under Resolution 1441 authorizes the United States and alley nations to attack.

[Shermy]

Here's another story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030205/ap_wo_en_po/as_gen_japan_weapons_inspector_3