so if the US attacked Israel everything would be alright then? SOME of your points about the Israel/Palestine issue are quite valid. i think i've asked you this before, but instead of just bashing the israeli government, what kind of solution would you propose? (you can hardly blame the israelis for defending themselves; their neighbors have a distinguished history of attacking them. afterall, it wasn't ISRAEL that started the wars of 48, 67 and 73!)
"controversial" is a good word to describe ritter. that fact that he's adamantly talked out of both sides of his mouth means we have to take anything he says with a HUGE grain of salt.
I trust more a guy like Ritter than Bush or Blair that are basically playing for their own interests... Why do you think today France and Germany are protesting... It is only because the greatest beneficiary of the Gulf war were the US and they made a lot of money... they sold plenty of unuseful arms to the dictatorship of the gulf anf for them it was a jackpot.... Ritter is a neutral guy he has no interest whatsoever .. what he said he says it with his conscience in mind.. this guy does not want to be remembered as a criminal... March 19, 2002 | During the Gulf War, Scott Ritter, then a junior military intelligence analyst, picked a fight with his boss. He filed one report after another challenging Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's claims about the number of destroyed Iraqi Scud missiles. We cannot confirm these kills, Ritter reported, much to Schwarzkopf's bewilderment. Despite pressure from the top, Ritter, a Marine captain from a military family, held his ground, challenging his superiors and the establishment. That was just a warm-up for the man the New York Times called "the most famous renegade Marine officer since Oliver North." In the years since, Ritter, who was chief inspector of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq (UNSCOM) until he abruptly resigned in 1998, has waged two battles -- the first with Saddam Hussein, the second with the government of the United States.
I understand that the israeli population is scared but it is more because their leaders keep with that old song palestinians and arabs are threatening us and don't like us.... I know that many arab certainly don't like Israelis but Israelis also don't like arabs... and so what will this keep on forever???? Do you think that what Sharon did destroying the palestinian universities destroying all the data the palestinian adminitration had and even today something that is inimaginable threatening directly a head of state is something I cannot understand and yes when you have all the palestinian people looking at the aggression of what is till today their democratically elected president you can understand their hatred and that the suicide bombings will not stop... Sharon is a bloody politician.. He does not play for the good of his own citizen and as I said before as long as injustice will continue Israel will threatened.. Even the Pope today asked Sharon to stop... Imagine that the whole planet says to Sharon to stop and this crazy and ill guy continues its aggression... The solution is clear give them their state like what was agreed on in Oslo.. and really build a peace process... It can be done but certainly not with Sharon... This guy destroyed all the infrastruture of palestine and said that the Oslo agreements were dead... What is worrying me is that it is more the extremists that are leading Israel and their dream of a big Israel... But they should never forget david and Goliath... They were victim of the nazism and they should not oppress the palestinian like they were oppressed..
The US should not attack Israel... But if their main argument since there are no valid prove is to attack Iraq because they are violating Un resolution then Israel that violated all the 65 UN resolution should certainly be the next target which is logic... So no it's not ok for me whether an attack on Irak or Israel...
Ritter was on CNN in mid Sept (with Aaron Brown) and he said that he believed Iraq to have WMD and was for inspections. He then said if they are not allowed or if they find WMD Saddam should be removed. In my book this guy has changed his mind so many times (right on national TV) that he is laughable. Perhaps he had some credibility at one point but not anymore. In any case, the dossier which the UK released speaks for itself. Unless you believe that they are trying to brainwash the public. Fascinating. Everyone who doesn't agree with TF2000 has been brainwashed. But he has a crystal clear view of the world and an exclusive monopoly on the truth. How is the chipmunk language translation going? or did Blair get to them too?
That's funny Gecko. Maybe arafat will be gone soon as well. Hey TraderFut, want to defend Arafat also ??? He needs your help!