On Ritter and Iran
How could Scott Ritter know what Bush plans to do? I am not sure there is one American more hated and dismissed by the administraiton than Ritter. I doubt he has any contacts in the pentagon these days.
Ritter is rather undependable and unstable. The Clinton administration had serious problems with his behavior, even investigating him for espionage.
Ritter was right both in 1998 and 2002 about the lack of weapons in Iraq. But so were a lot of people. Broken clocks and Scott Ritter can be right twice a day.
Three reasons why the United States will NOT attack Iran (even if it wants Iran to think it will):
1) No soldiers left.
2) No money left.
3) The Pentagon does not see any way to take that country and understands that Iran has many ways to strike back in places like Beruit, Tel Aviv, and all of Iraq.
Everyone knows it's a war we can't win.
That does not mean that Iran has no reason to fear the United States. It is surrounded by U.S. troops and bases on all sides. And Bush keeps fumbling every opportunity to diffuse tensions with Iran. Iran does not fear an invasion or a bombing run. It does fear isolation and starvation. Sound like any other part of the world that Bush is making more dangerous every day?I hate to respond to stuff other contributors post here, but in this case I had to.
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