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| Bitter Scott Ritter Now A Stringer For al-Jazeera |
| 2005-02-17 |
| Not all Marines take pride in the work of their brothers. Take Scott Ritter, a former Marine and United Nations weapons inspector, who has turned into a critic of just about anything the U.S. does in Iraq. Now he's writing for Al-Jazeera's Web site, which seems like a perfect home for his defeatist rhetoric. According to Mr. Ritter, "The highly vaunted U.S. military machine, laurelled and praised for its historic march on Baghdad in March and April of 2003, today finds itself a broken force, on the defensive in a land that it may occupy in part, but does not control." Offering no proof whatsoever, Mr. Ritter accuses the U.S. of conspiring with Iraqi assassination squads, and that, not foreign terrorists or former Saddam officials, is what started the post-war violence in Iraq: "Having started the game of politically motivated assassination, the U.S. has once again found itself trumped by forces inside Iraq it does not understand, and as such will never be able to defeat." As for the enemy, which he calls a "genuine grassroots national liberation movement," Ritter is generous: "History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their imposed Iraqi collaborationist government." The only way out, according to Ritter, is for us to fail: "It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis." It may be hard for Mr. Ritter to root for the enemy in Iraq, but that's exactly what he's doing. Why he's doing that is another question. And that's the Asman Observer. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #15 On a recommendation form for him it would be written: "He has shown significant growth in his relationships with children." |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-02-17 10:03:31 PM |
| #14 "Mr. Ritter accuses the U.S. of conspiring with Iraqi assassination squads" -And the problem w/that is? If only that we're true, now that would be cool. Fuck you scott, fuck you very much. Even we have our 10% of douch bags. |
| Posted by: Chase Unineger3873 aka Jarhead 2005-02-17 9:45:50 PM |
| #13 What an incredible 180 he has done with his life. I would like to know if he changed religion, one that shall not be named and justifies diddling teenage girls. If not, the UN has openings where he can partake in his little predilection. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-02-17 8:54:53 PM |
| #12 Ahhh... "he is conducting himself in the manner which we have come to expect of him..." To quote that classic bit of military performance-rating boiler plate when someone that you have to pass an opinion upon has really, really screwed the pooch, and tact prevents you from saying so, outright. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-02-17 7:52:20 PM |
| #11 along with useful tool Peter Arnett? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-17 7:47:26 PM |
| #10 Perhaps he can get Eason Jordan hired. |
| Posted by: VRWconspiracy 2005-02-17 7:43:24 PM |
| #9 Loonies of a feather... |
| Posted by: Grairt Shoger7331 2005-02-17 7:24:40 PM |
#8  Scott Ritter has to deal with Burger King's security if he is going to want to "visit" anyone. The good thing about this security is that an occasional Angus Burger with Bacon and Cheese is all he wants... So - Al-Jazzera seems a more appealing alternative... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-17 6:42:44 PM |
| #7 More like DeepThroat, (of the linda lovelace variety) |
| Posted by: Tom Dooley 2005-02-17 6:24:03 PM |
| #6 This is so damn stupid I begin to think Ritter is DeepCover. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-17 6:17:42 PM |
| #5 a "genuine grassroots national liberation movement," Right, and so were the SS Werewolves. Some deserve a righteous @$$ kicking. Others beg for it. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-02-17 6:03:42 PM |
| #4 I heard he called his good friend Mike Scheurer and offered him a job. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-02-17 6:00:52 PM |
| #3 The Jose Canseco's of the world salute Scott Ritter. Semper fi ... not |
| Posted by: H8_UBL 2005-02-17 5:56:04 PM |
| #2 Maybe Al Jazeera is providing Mr. Ritter with kids.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-17 5:55:59 PM |
| #1 How's the diddling thing going, Scott? You square that away yet? Blixie and Clarkie and Joe Wilson are looking forward to your induction ceremony in the Irrelevant Hall of Fame. The got the plaque ready and everything. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-02-17 5:25:14 PM |