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2003-01-24 Fifth Column

Ritter says timing of arrest reports is suspicious

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, a harsh critic of the Bush administration's push toward war with Iraq, suggested that recent news reports of his arrest in an Internet sex sting last year were part of an attempt to silence him. He said the publicity forced him to cancel a trip to Baghdad, where he said he would have offered an alternative to military action.
And gotten next to a really cute 13-year-old from Basra, who has the body of a 15-year-old... Uh. Never mind.
"The timing does stink. I was supposed to be on an airplane yesterday to Baghdad," he said. "Let's not forget, we're on the verge of a major conflict in which thousands of American lives may be lost, and I was a leading voice of opposition to this."
Yes. We were wondering about that. Sammy's boyz got some pictures, did they?

Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-01-24 10:06 am|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Actually. The late timing of this info release is indeed suspicious, but for entirely different reasons than Ritter states. The fact that the ADA was fired for not pursuing the case implies that she bent the rules to help him cover up the embarrassing story. I can think of no other reason why she would do this other than that she is a member of the 'peace' crowd and values his pro-Sammy message. Unfortunately, these salacious stories have a way of getting out on their own.

Posted by JAB 2003-01-24 10:37:03|| 2003-01-24 10:37:03|| Front Page Top

#2 I see that Scotty has learned the two main leftist arguing tactics:

A)Remember you're always the victim,no matter what you've done.

B)It's your opponents' motives,not their arguments,that matter.

Posted by El Id 2003-01-24 10:43:54|| 2003-01-24 10:43:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Hello, all American peoples. My name is Aliah. My uncle, Saddam, asked me to be nice to Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott a nice man. He give me chocolate and a watch. All he want is me to watch him do naughty. Uncle Saddam give me camera to take pictures. Mr. Scott ask me to spank him, but I laugh and run away. Mr. Scott funny American. Are all Americans funny like Mr. Scott? Uncle Saddam ask me to ask.

Posted by Chuck 2003-01-24 10:48:43|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-01-24 10:48:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh,boy! Another government frameup! At least they didn't put him on a plane and shoot it down like they did with Wellstone.

Posted by tu3031 2003-01-24 10:52:48|| 2003-01-24 10:52:48|| Front Page Top

#5 The scary thing is we'll probably be hearing the left's conspiratorial claims about this for years to come.

Posted by Yank 2003-01-24 11:34:25|| 2003-01-24 11:34:25|| Front Page Top

#6 I can't see anyone from the left wanting to publicly back a pedophile.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-24 11:54:08|| 2003-01-24 11:54:08|| Front Page Top

#7 "I was supposed to be on an airplane yesterday to Baghdad"
Who's stopping you Scotty? We'd like for you to go...and stay there

Posted by Frank G 2003-01-24 12:04:09|| 2003-01-24 12:04:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Scott Ritter:
"Let's not forget, we're on the verge of a major conflict in which thousands of American lives may be lost, and I was a leading voice of opposition to this."

Ah, Scott, we've already lost thousands of American lives. If we do nothing, as you recommend, it's guaranteed that we'll lose thousands, tens of thousand, hundreds of thousands of American lives more. I predict
we'll have fewer than 100 casualties in Iraq and that we'll find out all about Saddam's programs, his past terrorist attacks and plans for future attacks.

It only takes one side to make war. The Islamofascists have been attacking us for decades and have declared war on us for decades. After 9/11, we've finally decided to fight back.

Posted by Jabba the Tutt 2003-01-24 12:18:50|| 2003-01-24 12:18:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Careful with the "A word" there Chuck. Those barbarians will call up 1-800-FAT-WA4U and before you know it you'll have the camelpox.

Posted by Bent Pyramid 2003-01-24 12:47:00|| 2003-01-24 12:47:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Bent Pyramid --- 1-800-FATWA4U is just a message phone without an announcement, so it may be genuine. No use doing a test...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-01-24 14:41:23|| 2003-01-24 14:41:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Paul---Holy smokes, what did we stumble into here? Somebody call the FBI quick!

Posted by Bent Pyramid 2003-01-24 16:08:22|| 2003-01-24 16:08:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Jabba: "...fewer than 100 casualties..."

I think we'll have several thousand but not more than ten thousand. Unfortunately it will be tougher this time around. Unless we can pull off another Northern Alliance thing a la Afghanistan.

Posted by me 2003-01-24 17:51:46|| 2003-01-24 17:51:46|| Front Page Top

#13 I agree with the 100 or fewer casualties. The Afghan was filled with beat the Soviets type stories before the Yanks got there. This allowed them to fight on for a bit with the dillusion they had a chance. Iraqi's are filled with stories of being blasted to hell and lucky to be alive a decade ago, and they don't even have the religious deal going for them. They'll surrender faster than we can round them up.

I also expect a general to call in Saddam's Lat and Long and let a US plane take him out in exchange for slipping out of the war crimes trials.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-24 18:51:17|| 2003-01-24 18:51:17|| Front Page Top

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