[fintstone]

Originally posted by techweenie
Finstsone: "I am glad you find these sources (which say the same thing) more acceptable. If Ritter resigned as an inspector in 1998, he has less knowledge of current intel than even I do. How do you suppose that he is any more knowlegeable about Iraq's weapons programs after he stopped being an inspector than when he was one? We know that on the day he resigned, he felt Saddam had an active program. The only thing that really changed was where his paycheck was coming from. Of course he done a good job, aided by the liberal press, revising what he said and wrote about at the time. Sorta like Mr. Kerry does."

The answer to your statement above is in the links you sent. you seem to be suggesting that after being a weapons inspector for 7 years, he suddenly had his memory erased? Are you suggesting that he never had any further contact with David Kay and other weapons inspectors? He was in Iraq in 2000 -- you yourself told me that. Were you there, too? is that why you compare your knowledge of WMD programs to his?

Did you read nothing I quoted?
* The biologicals had a short shelf life. Most were harmless by '98.
* The chemical weapons were of limited utility.
* Saddam only had rockets capable of about a 600 mile range.
* A "program" is not a weapon.

I did not compare my knowledge of WMD with his, although I have also worked in that area. I compared my access to recent itelligence to his....which he has not had since '98 when he said that Saddam had WMD. No, I do not expect that David Kay or any of the other inspectors illegally shared any classified intelligence with him after he lost his clearance. Especially since he was working on a highly paid project that benefitted Saddam.