Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter
William Scott Ritter Jr.was a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, and later a critic of United States foreign policy in the Middle East. Prior to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Ritter stated that Iraq possessed no significant weapons of mass destructioncapabilities, becoming "the loudest and most credible skeptic of the Bush administration’s contention that Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction." He received harsh criticism from the political establishment but became a popular...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth15 July 1961
CountryUnited States of America
has not been demonstrated to pose a threat worthy of war at this time.
I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.
I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.
We have thousands of American veterans who continue to suffer,
You know we can't expect the inspectors to accomplish anything in a country the size of Iraq.
When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.
Where did it come from? Did they suddenly grow factories? ... You build factories, not in a basement, not in a mountain cave. It's a modern industrial capability. Where did it come from?
I believe that this inspection was rushed through, and the sites weren't chosen for disarmament reasons, but rather to be provocative in nature so Iraq would respond in a predictable fashion,
How do I know this? I've talked to Bolton's speechwriter.
In fact, the very policies that we are executing today only alienate us abroad, strengthen Saddam Hussein and give him cause to reconstitute these capabilities once he has the means,
I know that inspections did work, ... We achieved a 90 to 95 percent level of verified, absolutely certain accountability for Iraq's weapons program.
Iraq is a nation on fire. And our troops are the fuel that feeds that fire.
Anyone who said that, doesn't know Scott Ritter. I'm a tool of no one but myself.
The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak.