In fact, the very policies that we are executing today only alienate us abroad, strengthen Saddam Hussein and give him cause to reconstitute these capabilities once he has the means, |
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. |
Iraq is a nation on fire, |
Iraq is a nation on fire. And our troops are the fuel that feeds that fire. |
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, |
It is complicated because you need members of all fields, including chemists, physicists and biologists. They are the heart and soul of the process. |
It was never about getting rid of weapons. It was about propaganda to justify continuing sanctions until Saddam could be removed from power. |
Now, in Kosovo, we have NATO, a defensive treaty organization that has existed admirably for 50 years . . . being led down a path of its eventual demise by the Clinton administration, which has no effective vision of where NATO or the United States should fit in vis-a-vis Europe. |
One of my biggest concerns is that people think I am a tool of the Iraqi government, |
One of the problems with President Bush issuing that kind of ultimatum is that he has no credibility. Members of his administration have said inspections don't matter. Members of his administration have said that, even if they get back in Iraq and succeed in disarming Iraq, that they're still going to seek regime removal. |
So if Iraq has weapons today like President Bush says, clearly they would have had to reconstitute this capability since December 1998, |
So let me go. |
That response would be used as a justification for military action. |
The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak. |
The file was sealed. Those are the facts. I am ethically and legally bound not to discuss any aspect of this case, ... So is everybody else involved. Unfortunately, there appear to be those who don't feel to be bound by rule of law. |