Pat Buchanan: No Evidence Iraq Is Developing Nuclear Weapons

World Net Daily ^ | 9/16/02

[11th Earl of Mar]

No evidence Saddam is working on the bomb? An Iraqi defector just announced Saddam is very close to having the bomb.

And Saudi Arabia is against a US war with Iraq? The papers this morning state that Saudi Arabia will not object to the war and will allow us to use their bases.

As usual, Pat Buchanan is wrong on his predictions.

[Utopia]

Pat is irrelevant.

[TxBec]

Of COURSE there is no evidence ... We are supposed to be allowed to go in and check on him and we haven't been able to for years now..

Doesn't mean it's not there, just that we haven't been able to go in and see for ourselves.

[Diogenesis]

He ignores the defectors, the isotopes from Brazil,
and the equipment from Germany.

WAKE UP, BUCHANAN.

[smith288]

You know, there really is no reason not to believe Bush. There isnt much more in it for Bush other than maybe "legacy". But there is no scandal, no questionable activities in the White House that may make us all think he is trying to divert attention. How refreshing.

[BigWaveBetty]

Really Pat, you're just a complete embarrassment.

Iraq 'will have nuclear bomb in months'

[Illbay]

Yeah, good to know Buchanan has researched this so thoroughly.

I think he's just jealous of all the attention Saddam gets, 'stead of him.

"Look, I'm every bit as maniacal as he is, and I have a better tailor!"

[Consort]

Pat is Bill Press' butt boy.

[AmericanInTokyo]

While excellent on social-culture war, illegal immigration, gun control and many other issues, I am afraid he may be wrong on this one. He certainly would be wrong when it comes Iraki chems and bios.

Brother Pat is going to just have to roll up his sleeves like the rest of us and support the agenda once the missions start (they already have in a covert paramilitary sense) in Iraq.

He'll also have to side with Israel when they are hit with scuds from aggressor Baghdad as the last dying gasp of a viagrated, old dictator who probably likes to dress up in women's underwear known as Saddam Hussein.

[Jonathon Spectre]

I'm not a big Buchanan fan, but occasionally he makes some good points. This column is a shocking embarrassment and he should publicly renounce such patently false fantasy.

[Mr. Bird]

Dear Pat,

As a former speechwriter and television talking-head, I'm sure you are flabbergasted as to why no one is keeping you in the loop. But the fact that you used "containment" and "deterrent" in a discussion about this completely nullifies your opinion. You are a dated fool.

Bird

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

the "Big Boy" we dropped on Hiroshima.

Little Boy - Hiroshima, Fat Man - Nagasaki, Big Boy - Pat's invention.

No evidence? Pat needs to get himself invited to some intelligence briefings or pay attention to Khidir Hamza.

[A. Pole]

An Iraqi defector just announced Saddam is very close to having the bomb.

Iraqi defector might have an interest to tell what we want to hear, don't you think so?

[Iowa Granny]

Well,,,,, I have no personal knowledge either,,, but just like Pat, I am so far away from the inner circle, I can't even see it. We either trust our leaders, or we don't. If they say there is reason to be concerned, I am prepared to trust their judgement.

Pat likes to see his name in print, and he likes to hear himself talk. I wish he'd get a grip.

[DB]

Pat is like so many senior citizens that are trying to learn to use a computer. They just don't get it... Stuck in the old world...

[pt17]

No evidence? Pat needs to get himself invited to some intelligence briefings or pay attention to Khidir Hamza.

That's certainly one option. Another may be that Pat should find some other line of work - one that suits his mental capabilities and temperment.

[No Truce With Kings]

a bomb of the explosive power of the "Big Boy" we dropped on Hiroshima.

We dropped a HAMBERGER on Hiroshima? I cannot see how one burger, even a double-decker, could do that much damage, even if it was indigestable.

(This is the level of criticism this column by "Buddy-can-you-lend-a-seeing-eye-dog" Buchanan merits.)

[marron]

Iraq doesn't have any WMD, and, if we invade, they might use the WMD they don't have against our troops.

And now Buchanan is promoting "containment", which I believe he has previously opposed. Containment has meant a decade of war; a major force dedicated to the region, the damage to the civilian population, our pilots facing missile fire day after day for years on end, the country itself facing our bombs forever.

And, remember, Saddam's psychotic sons are crazier than he is, so our containment is set to continue, not another 5 years, but 30?

Containment is war without end. And in the end it is guaranteed to fail, because Saddam will find a way out of his box. And our purported allies, France and Germany, are guaranteed to help him. So in the end, after all that risk, and all that treasure spent, it is going to fail anyway.

Then Pat will not want to confront him, because he has nuclear weapons. Which he might use.

The fact is that containment isn't working. He isn't going to stay in his box forever. Strategically, and politically, the timing is never going to be better than it is now. Remember, the great conflagrations of the 20th century started with appeasement, and opportunities to act, ignored.

[Piquaboy]

I did not know that Pat was privy to intelligence material. Or maybe I should say. Privy to any intelligence!