“My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.” ProblemSeemsAmericaResultsMy FamilyDiedResponsibleVictimIraqDebateNo Problem Author:Scott Ritter
“The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.” KnowsWorldTryingDangerousWeaponsIraqNuclearBombsDevicesNuclear WeaponsMissilesDangerous Things Author:Scott Ritter
“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.” HardSupportMilitaryMembersIraqOperationsAmerican MilitaryMilitary Operations Author:Scott Ritter
“My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.” StatesAmericaGoalUnitedUnited StatesPolicyIraqDebateLackingFacilitateBaghdad Author:Scott Ritter
“I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie.” MadeStatesTodayNationsUnitedUnited StatesRegardComplexesIraqInteractionUnited NationsDisarmamentInspectors Author:Scott Ritter
“While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.” AbleLevelsFiguresMajorsWeaponsPercentDestructionAccountsMajorityIraqProductionsSignificantAgentsCertaintyFactoriesDispositionEquipmentItemsDisarmamentWeaponry Author:Scott Ritter
“The UN stopped using Chalabi's information as a basis for conducting inspections once the tenuous nature of his sources and his dubious motivations became clear. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the mainstream US media, which give prominent coverage to sources of information that, had they not been related to Hussein's Iraq, would normally be immediately dismissed.” GivingSaidMotivationClearMediaInformationSourceBasesIraqRelatedMainstreamHusseinCoverageProminentConductingDubiousInspection Author:Scott Ritter
“[Operation] Rockingham was spinning reports and emphasizing reports that showed non-compliance (by Iraq with UN inspections) and quashing those which showed compliance. It was cherry-picking intelligence.” IraqOperationsReportsSpinningCherriesComplianceInspection Author:Scott Ritter
“I really am tired of all the Clinton Democrats running around getting all-sanctimonious over Iraq. It was them who killed 1.5 to 2.2 million Iraqis through sanctions. Sanctions that Madeline Albright, their illustrious Secretary of State, when confronted with the fact of 500,000 dead Iraqi children, said it was a price she was willing to pay.” ChildrenSaidStatesFactsRunningPayMillionsWillingTiredClintonDemocratIraqSecretarySanctionsSanctimoniousMadeline Author:Scott Ritter
“That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans.” WarIraqHalt Author:Scott Ritter
“I've been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy.” MadeFilmWifeCallingIraqIsraelMy WifeAgentsInvestigationDocumentariesSpyFbiKgbDocumentary Films Author:Scott Ritter
“I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program.” ThinkingLongCertainDangerMonthsPeriodsRight NowWeaponsAspectProgramIraqNuclearRangeChemicalsNuclear WeaponsMissilesInspectionMonitoringBiological Weapons Author:Scott Ritter
“There has been no case made - based on anything other than speculation - that Iraq poses a threat.” Has BeensMadePoliticsCasesThreatIraqSpeculation Author:Scott Ritter
“It has been estimated that 80 percent of the oil illegally smuggled out of Iraq under oil for food ended up in the United States.” Has BeensStatesPoliticsUnitedUnited StatesPercentIraqOil Author:Scott Ritter
“Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production capability in Iraq today.” TodayPoliticsTermWeaponsPercentIraqProductionsMeaningfulAccomplishedCapability Author:Scott Ritter
