Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq

Middle East Online ^ | 3-26-03

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Former UN weapons inspector says US does not have military means to take over Baghdad, defeat inevitable.

LISBON - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable," he said.

"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was overly optimistic.

But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country at this stage.

A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.

Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.

Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Need your favorite graphic over here...

[tomahawk]

How would he know? He is an imbecile.

[Kevin Curry]

The interview was held at a local Burger King where Ritter held a large bag of fries on his lap and invited young girls to "take one."

[JohnHuang2]

Scott John Walker Ritter.

[resistance]

"Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq."

They don't mention his other hobbies.

[JohnHuang2]

LOL

[vastrightwc]

What happened to this guy? somebody must have him by the short ones.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Ok, ENOUGH!!! Ritter must be thrown into exile!!!! His dissenting comments are just short of treason!!!!

[Ramcat]

"It's is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

What's this "we" stuff?

[xrp]

"Middle East Online" ahahahahah

Scott Ritter...hahahahah

hahahhahaah

hahahahah

[Pokey78]

I had wondered what had happened to that perv.

[Hodar]

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.

And isn't part of the definition of treason "Giving aide and comfort to the enemy". How many unnecessary US and Iraqi lives will this comment, coming from a perceived 'expert' (at least in the Arab mind)cost?

[Lancey Howard]

Interesting that some tiny "private radio" station would allow this sick pedophile on the airwaves.

[legman]

The anti-American child molester gets more undeserved press.

Look at the media source, a middle east wire service. Scott Ritter is a present day Axis Annie.

[Cyber Liberty]

Since Ritter's been consistently wrong, I think winning is a safer bet now.

[aruanan]

Obviously Ritter's skill in predicting outcomes in the war is on par with his skill in predicting outcomes from arranging trysts through the internet.

[Snowy]

What happened to this guy? somebody must have him by the short ones.

I agree. Someone has something on him. Was he videotaped doing something naughty in Iraq? That's the first scenario that pops into my mind.

[ProudGOP]

How would he know?

All the 12 year old girls are saying the same thing.