Who Is Scott Ritter, And Should We Be Listening?
 Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Scott Ritter was born into a military family.  He was a Private in the U.S. Army, an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps for twelve years, and a lead analyst for the Marines Rapid Deployment Force.  He also served as a chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998.  Before the United States invaded Iraq in March of 2003, William Scott Ritter went public with his belief that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction.  Since then, he's been a known anti-war commentator; and last month, he gave an interview to Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive, warning that in the waning months of the Bush Administration, we are at the greatest risk of American military action against Iran.

I think we have never been at a greater risk of American military action against Iran...Because the Bush Administration has made it clear that they seek to resolve the Iranian problem before it leaves office.  They have defined the Iranian problem in quite start terms.  It's a nation pursuing an illegal nuclear weapons program.  It's a nation that retains the status, according to the United States, as the largest state-sponsor of terror in the world today.

And if you listened to the testimony of General Petraeus and Admiral Crocker, it's the nation solely responsible for all that ails the United States in Iraq today.  President Bush responded to Petraeus and Crocker's testimony by calling the Iranians criminals, noting that they will be crushed.

Click here to read more, or click here to listen to the audio interview.

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