An ACOD means that it's expunged from the record, as if it never happened, |
Anyone who said that, doesn't know Scott Ritter. I'm a tool of no one but myself. |
Both these men could be pulled up as war criminals for engaging in actions that we condemned Germany in 1946 for doing. |
By sealing the file, it's designed to prevent the stigma attached with any unsubstantiated allegations [that may be] arising, ... So as far as I'm concerned, as far as everyone should be concerned, this is a dead issue. |
Does Iraq have weapons of mass destruction today? Does Iraq possess the ability to produce weapons of mass destruction? The answer is no, |
has not been demonstrated to pose a threat worthy of war at this time. |
How do I know this? I've talked to Bolton's speechwriter. |
I am assisting United States veterans, heroes. People who put on our uniform, defended our country in time of war, who have been abandoned by their government. |
I believe Iraq will seek to reconstitute a militarized nerve agent that will be used in a last ditch defense of Baghdad, and I think the Iraqi government's efforts to acquire significant stockpiles of atropine are an indication that this is the direction that Saddam Hussein is heading, ... Crossfire. |
I believe that this inspection was rushed through, and the sites weren't chosen for disarmament reasons, but rather to be provocative in nature so Iraq would respond in a predictable fashion, |
I brought out a series of compact discs which contained the totality of the Iraqi declaration, |
I know that inspections did work, ... We achieved a 90 to 95 percent level of verified, absolutely certain accountability for Iraq's weapons program. |
I was a credible voice, I am a credible voice, and I will be a credible voice in regards to issues pertaining to Iraq, and obviously what you are not mentioning here is the timing of all of this, |
I'm not saying Iraq doesn't pose a threat, |
If I went to Baghdad and tried to talk responsibly about issues of war and peace, this issue would have come up and it would have been a distraction that would have actually been a disservice, ... There are people in Baghdad pursuing the initiative that I started, and I want to give them every chance of success. I don't want to provide any distractions. |