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Scott Ritter Biography

William Scott Ritter Jr. (born July 15, 1961) was a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, and later a critic of United States foreign policy in the Middle East. Prior to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Ritter stated that Iraq possessed no significant weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities, becoming "the loudest and most credible skeptic of the Bush administration’s contention that Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction." He received harsh criticism from the political establishment but became a popular antiwar figure and occasional talk show commentator as a result of his stance.

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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.

100, Capability, Iraq, Meaningful, Politics, Weapons

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

Buster, Diplomat, Diplomats, Think, Thinking, War

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.

Ended, Iraq, Oil, States, United States

Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.

Amount, History, Iraq, Tremendous

I haven't exaggerated anything, I've stuck to the facts.

Exaggerated, Facts, Havens, Stuck

The United States is the laughingstock of the world.

Laughingstock, States, United, United States, World

If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the United States of America is someone who has sworn an oath of allegiance to that document, to the words, to the ideals of that document. Right now we have citizens who don't even understand what that document is.

Allegiance, America, Call, Constitution, Mean, United States

The U. S. has perverted the U. N. weapons process by using it as a tool to justify military actions, falsely so. . . . The U. S. was using the inspection process as a trigger for war.

Justify, Military, Tools, War, Weapons

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.

America, Baghdad, Debate, Goal, Iraq

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.

American, Bring, Iraq, Military, Operations, Support

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.

Build, Iraq, Let, Nuclear, Thing, Trying

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.

Able, Iraq, Majority, Percent, Provide, Takes

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

Games, Play, Want, Game, Burn

Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement.

Technology, White, Mass Destruction, Basement, Weapons

War is not some sort of Nintendo video game.

Games, Nintendo, Sort, Video, War

We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.

Determine, Fighting, Peace, War, Worth

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.

Explain, Iraq, Nations, Public, Today, United States

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.

America, Americans, Family, Iraq, Problem, Result

Our guys working this area for a living all believe Chalabi and all those guys in their Bond Street suits are charlatans. To take them for a source of anything except a fantasy trip would be a real stretch. But it's an article of faith among those with no military experience that the Iraqi military is low-hanging fruit.

Among, Believe, Chalabi, Military, Real, Street

If people don't like the history, I'm sorry.

Ifs, Like, People, Sorry

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