Posted on 09/01/2002 9:57:54 AM PDT by Jean S
Your puffery is ridiculous. The statements made about you by Doug were 'facts'. YOUR DIRECT WORDS. If you don't want to be called on YOUR WORDS then you should think twice before posting them.
I like these quotes and think perhaps they apply to you.
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I made a few simple observations using your own words, and you unfortunately went ballistic. I just found out that you've been here since 1998. It is clear to me why we have never had a dialogue.
We can certainly agree about communism being one of the two great evils of the 20th Century. Beyond that, I really don't think I want to talk to you. I will do my best to refrain from calling you a mental patient.
. . .a traitorous bump. . .
Scott Ritter Points to Fear The American arms inspector for the United Nations who recently quit in protest over US policy toward Iraq is back in the news again. Scott Ritter has more to say, now claiming that the United States lacks the will to use force against Saddam Hussein and that the Iraqi leader successfully called our bluff. "It has to be credible force in order for Saddam to flinch, and I think the Iraqis just called the bluff," he said. "There is an illusion of arms control taking place. Right now we are not doing meaningful inspections in Iraq, and if people do not change course the end result will be that Iraq will be able to retain these capabilities." Scott Ritter, of course, is a man who would know what he is talking about. If his assessment is correct, we should certainly give this matter our urgent attention.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And it your contention that without a significant and realistic threat of military actionaq will not allow the investigations to begin again, beyond just the monitoring that's already going on?
WILLIAM SCOTT RITTER, JR.: Well, in this I would only echo the words made by the Secretary-General and other personnel back in February, who said that you couldn't have had the February MOU without the real and credible threat of military force. That's an obvious statement. can't expect to enforce the law unless you have the means to carry out the enforcement.
That's the point. People like Russert -- and most other mainstreamers who cite Ritter -- don't want to. Why not?
Black on Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca": "A bullet through your brain doesn't take away your pain, IT KILLS YOU!"
Black on Spielberg's P.C. E.T.: "You know what they're saying in those walkie-talkies? 'WHAT THE H*LL HAPPENED TO OUR GUNS?!!!'"
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