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It was truly shocking. When this book was written, he seemed convinced that Iraq was hiding weapons and had no intention of disarming and would become a greater threat in the future! The PNAC could easily have distributed this book as propaganda. He says repeatedly that the Iraqis lied, hid weapons, intimidated inspectors, refused to open certain sites and that he had strong intel from multiple sources and many countries regarding the WMD. He blames the failure of the inspections on Clinton, who refused to put pressure on Saddam to comply.
He argues that the Clinton administration did not take descive action to force the Iraqis to comply with the inspectors and that is why he quit UNSCOM in August 1998. Shortly thereafter, UNSCOM fell apart, Butler withdrew it and Operation Desert Fox began.
How did this Ritter become the Ritter of 2002? They sound completely opposite. I think the RWers were right about him. He changed his story 180 degrees.
This leads me to believe that perhaps Saddam did have some WMD capability, but destroyed it or sold it when the heat was on.
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