Reply #21: so which Endgame are you "quoting" there?

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here's what I found:

http://www.lymenet.de/politics/endgame.htm

Ritter describes Saddam Hussein's rise to power, painting a damning portrait of a dictator who ruthlessly eliminated rivals as he fought his way to the top. Ritter explains how Saddam cleverly drew on tribal and family connections to consolidate power and then outmaneuver and often execute opponents.

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When the U.N. Security Council authorized inspections of Iraqs chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons facilities following the conclusion of the Gulf War, Saddam put in place a concealment program designed to preserve his weapons capabilities. It was this concealment mechanism that UNSC0M spent seven years trying to penetrate in its search for Iraqs weapons of mass destruction. Ritter takes us with him inside some of Iraq's most carefully guarded sites as he describes what it was like to conduct these inspections. He tells stories of dramatic face-offs by unarmed inspectors with hostile Iraqi guards and officials.

Endgame criticizes current U.S. policy toward Iraq, pointing out that the U.S. has squandered an international consensus and now find herself virtually isolated over her Iraq policy. Scott Ritter offers a way out of the Iraqi morass, proposing a bold and innovative solution to the current crisis. He argues that the U.S. should again take a leadership position on Iraq if we are to avoid facing a rearmed and emboldened Saddam on another battlefield in the future.

where'd you get the second quote, please?

when was it written?

perhaps he WAS in favor of military action at one point, but realizing the success of HARDLINER Clinton, who he CASTIGATED at the time of his stocking the inspector team with Spycreeps like David Kay, btw, who BOMBED THE CRAP out of Iraq himself (and, by most reliable accounts, destroying whatever was left of Saddam's meagre WMD cache), perhaps he changed his tune.

you provide no timeframe, no perspective, no links.

where'd you get YOUR Endgame quotes?

mine is above