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2003-06-11 Iraq

Blix rails at, blubbers over, Pentagon smears

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-06-11 05:15 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Senator Richard Lugar weighs in with interesting comments on the search for WMD:

"It seems to me very hard for somebody in Congress to argue with a straight face that he or she was deceived. Anyone who was sitting there throughout the last two years heard all of the arguments that are now being made, had an opportunity to read all the intelligence. There has been nothing new in the arguments...to dredge all of this [up] as somehow a national scandal or people being beguiled or so forth is nonsense unless people are totally naÃ¯ve.

"I don't know if they will find weapons of mass destruction although my guess is that conventional wisdom is right, eventually we will find some people in Iraq who will tell us what happened...

"Dual use technology, if it is sophisticated, means that you can whip up a batch of anthrax one day and do shampoo the next and get rid of what you did the first day. Americans looking for big facilities and cars and tanks and so forth will be disappointed. That is not the nature of the beast."

Posted by ColoradoConservative 6/11/2003 4:24:49 PM|| 6/11/2003 4:24:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Let me guess, sooner or later he will write a book about his ordeal, claiming Saddam Hussein never had any WMD, ever, and that footage of chemical weapons used against Iraqis was a CIA fabrication. In any case, a book is forthcoming... watch.

Posted by RW 2003-06-11 05:47:44|| 2003-06-11 05:47:44|| Front Page Top

#3 He should've been looking for "graves of mass destruction". He might've found some of them. But, as they're fond of saying over at the UN, "that's not our job".

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-11 10:39:08|| 2003-06-11 10:39:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Blix is streching his 15 minutes of fame because he knows that: A) We will find WMDs and B) The world will look at him with disgust. Hey I thought of a new reality show: 'Bitch Slap Blix'. Contestants will compete for the honor of slapping this useless "Inspector" and win cash prizes (Scott Ritter can be a special guest).

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC California Chapter) 2003-06-11 10:47:51|| 2003-06-11 10:47:51|| Front Page Top

#5 more interesting is this quote from Blix

"The longer that one does not find any weapons in spite of people coming forward and being rewarded for giving information, etc., the more I think it is important that we begin to ask ourselves 'If there were no weapons, why was it that Iraq conducted itself as it did for so many years?'" Blix said.

"They cheated, they retreated, they changed figures, they denied access, etc. Why was that if they didn't have anything really to conceal? I have speculations â one could be pride," he said.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-06-11 10:56:22|| 2003-06-11 10:56:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Blix was on "Good Morning America" this morning in an "exclusive interview" with Diane Sawyer serving up big, juicy softballs for him to hit. Looks like he's on a whirlwind media blitz. Does he have a book contract?

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-11 11:32:41|| 2003-06-11 11:32:41|| Front Page Top

#7 CC:
Is that a "media blitz" or a "media blix?"

Posted by Mike 2003-06-11 12:49:20|| 2003-06-11 12:49:20|| Front Page Top

#8 another comment on WMD:

'"There is long, consistent, clear evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and I'm still convinced that we're going to find them," Gephardt said. '

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-06-11 13:35:19|| 2003-06-11 13:35:19|| Front Page Top

#9 If WMD aren't found, then the Bush administration will have to explain and pay the consequences, if any. However, I am damn glad we went and changed the regime and the status quo in the Middle East - pretext or not. If the price to be paid is Bush losing the election, so be it.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-11 14:33:50|| 2003-06-11 14:33:50|| Front Page Top

#10 CC:
No worries, mate. If W did the right thing for the wrong reason, it's OK by me. As a life-long member of that other party who disagrees with much of his domestic policy, I know come election day that I'll have a hard time NOT voting for him.

Posted by CaliforniaModerate 2003-06-11 15:04:49|| 2003-06-11 15:04:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Senator Richard Lugar weighs in with interesting comments on the search for WMD:

"It seems to me very hard for somebody in Congress to argue with a straight face that he or she was deceived. Anyone who was sitting there throughout the last two years heard all of the arguments that are now being made, had an opportunity to read all the intelligence. There has been nothing new in the arguments...to dredge all of this [up] as somehow a national scandal or people being beguiled or so forth is nonsense unless people are totally naÃ¯ve.

"I don't know if they will find weapons of mass destruction although my guess is that conventional wisdom is right, eventually we will find some people in Iraq who will tell us what happened...

"Dual use technology, if it is sophisticated, means that you can whip up a batch of anthrax one day and do shampoo the next and get rid of what you did the first day. Americans looking for big facilities and cars and tanks and so forth will be disappointed. That is not the nature of the beast."

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-11 16:24:49|| 2003-06-11 16:24:49|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm hoping the US and its allies don't find WMDs for a very simple reason. The US can say we removed an evil despotic regime. This puts the UN in a very difficult position because of its role in legitimizing similar regimes.

Posted by Phil B 2003-06-11 17:08:14|| 2003-06-11 17:08:14|| Front Page Top

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