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FLASHBACK "Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq"
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| 3/26/03
Posted on 04/08/2003 9:00:43 AM PDT by finnman69
This war...in my opinion is already lost: Ritter
Ritter: US will lose war against Iraq
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.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: flashback; iraq; ritter
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LOSER!
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:00:43 AM PDT
by
finnman69
To: finnman69
2
posted on
04/08/2003 9:01:53 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(!)
To: finnman69
I remember George Clooney saying we can't beat anybody anymore.
I think them boys been smoking the same stuff.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:03:01 AM PDT
by
Rammer
To: finnman69
"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.Correction, that's what you were wishing.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:04:45 AM PDT
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
To: finnman69
I figured when most of Iraqi bank accounts were frozen, Scott Ritter's checks would have started bouncing. I understand that liberals of his type or evil but this guy is something special. What could his agenda possibly be? Who is he trying to please? Maybe he is lobbying for a position in the UN. Im sure they have a commision for him, if Sudan can be on the human rights commision.
To: finnman69
I wonder how many other inspectors were bought off?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:07:32 AM PDT
by
atomic conspiracy
(Anti-war movement: road-kill on the highway to freedom.)
To: finnman69
thanks for remninding us. I wonder what ridder is doing about his kiddie porn problems?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:09:35 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: finnman69
Ritter is good at just one thing as is known by 14-year-old girls on the internet.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:09:48 AM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Send Al Sharpton 5 bucks so he can wreak havoc in his party)
To: finnman69
I hope we find the documents in Saddam's archive that tabulates all of Scott's payments. Having his Swiss bank account number will be useful as well.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:11:09 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: finnman69
Back to the pajama party, Scott!!
To: finnman69
"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.
I knew it. Ridder has been under Saddam's control for a long time and now this explains the whole thing. What it proves is that Scott Ridder and Bagdad Bob share a common brain. Wonder what other mad science experiments Saddam and Chemical Al had going?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:14:14 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: JohnGaltSpeaking
he is lobbying for a position in the UN. Im sure they have a commision for himPerhaps head of the Womens rights group, or maybe UNICEF, he likes children.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:15:04 AM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
To: finnman69
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:19:25 AM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
To: finnman69
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:19:36 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Is Hans Blix related to Helen Keller?)
To: Cincinatus
The 400,000 dollars Saddam paid Ritter to do his "documentary" is just what the public knows. It would be great to know what else. I bet if Saddam had any blackmail evidence on Ritter, he would have his people destroy it before we find it. As if.
When the war's over, I see him possibly eating a bullet from his own gun.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:20:58 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: finnman69
Did Scott post these comments in a teen chat room?
To: finnman69
Ritter is a putz.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:21:50 AM PDT
by
The Toad
To: finnman69
Ritter would go to Baghdad if it were full of little girls.
To: finnman69
Ritter is an idiot and will always be an idiot.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:24:29 AM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: finnman69
Pedophile - Our military strategists...... Who are we to listen to?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:25:59 AM PDT
by
trebb
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