Scott Ritter thinks a staged terror attack is possible

[eridani]

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2005/241005weaponsinspector.htm

Former United Nations weapons inspector and Marine Scott Ritter appeared on The Alex Jones Show and stated that he wouldn't rule out the possibility of the Bush administration staging a terror attack in order to jolt a wavering foreign policy agenda back on track.
Ritter compared the atmosphere within the administration to that during the time of Watergate, where Nixon considered utilizing America's nuclear arsenal to create a devastating diversion from domestic calamity.

"Nothing this administration would do would surprise me, they're desperate right now."

"If you go back and take a look at the Nixon administration during the height of Watergate Nixon was talking about using nuclear weapons against the Soviets in the Middle East, insanity of this nature."

"When you have an irresponsible administration like the Nixon administration, like this current administration, and they start to feel embattled, surrounded, they take on a fortress like mentality where everybody becomes the enemy."

Asked if he thought a staged terror attack was possible, a scenario previously considered by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Ritter responded, "Yeah, you have people who have no regard for the rule of law. These aren't people who appreciate the Constitution, to them the Constitution is an impediment, it's an obstacle, it's something in the way, it's something to be avoided. They are married to an ideology of global domination, of global imperialism and they're not going to deviate from this."

[texpatriot2004]

1. Sieze them before they do one more evil thing. n.t

[radfringe]

2. Two L.A.-Area Airports Shut Down by Bomb Threats

didn't hit the "big headlines" yesterday, but it was on MSNBC and CNN crawlers too...

Two L.A.-Area Airports Shut Down by Bomb Threats

Bomb threats were telephoned in to two Los Angeles-area airports early Tuesday morning, leading to the temporary closure of both. Both locations have since reopened when no bombs were found by security officials.

--snip--

A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters that the bomb threat to Long Beach Airport was treated as 'non-specific' and 'non-credible.' Only eight flights were affected by the bomb threat and the airport has since returned to a normal schedule.

No additional information was being made available about the bomb threats at this time.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. If THEIR worst-case scenario happens (indictments for the entire WHIG)

...then I think a Northwoods-esque event could happen.:scared:

[Generarth]

4. Again you mean

as well as 9/11?

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Well, I'm a LIHOPper, but open-minded to MIHOP...

...so, yes, perhaps a 9/11-esque event. ;)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Scott Ritter is now talking to Alex Jones?

Well, there goes any respect I had for Scott Ritter.

[400Years]

14. gimme a fuckin' break

You were probably just looking for an excuse anyway.

[Kralizec]

16. Yeah -- If you know anything about Ritter you know that he

uses words with precision and to this point has been on of the few truth-tellers that has been right way ahead of other people. He was the American version of Galloway.

Peace.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

21. Hmm...

He was the American version of Galloway.


You say that like it's a good thing.

[400Years]

27. Speaking truth to power is a good thing

even if you think otherwise

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

29. Look, I'm as happy as anyone...

...to have Galloway ranting at those limp-dicks in congress, but it in no way absolves him of his previous bullshit, shady activity, and wholesale embrace of outright fascism. I suspect that if most people here had any idea of what I'm on about they'd think twice about outright endorsing him or holding him up as a paragon of virtue.

[Howardx]

15. i like alex jones

and all the other purveyors of "suspect" (according to du) info.

[Kralizec]

18. He speaks truth to power. He's been crazed about what is happening to us.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

24. Yes.

"Crazed" is exactly how I'd describe him.

Or, more apropriately "fucking nuts."

[Kralizec]

26. What's your problem?

Looking to pick a fight with me?

Apparently you think your opinion is Law and written in stone. It isn't. So until it is, don't go around thinking you're the authority on things, because you aren't... nor am I. Where'd you get the big head?

:wtf:

[The Doctor.]

30. Examples?

Do you have any?

I've been listening to what Ritter has been saying for years now and can't think of anything he's aid or done that would make him "fucking nuts".

Please do enlighten me.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

32. Not Ritter.

Alex Jones. Alex Jones is fucking certifiable. He was one of the yahoos pushing that bogus Jeff Gannon - White House child sex ring - Hunter Thompson murder story that was the subject of so much idiocy around here about six or seven months ago. The fact that Scott Ritter is talking to him makes me question whether Ritter has his shit together.

[The Doctor.]

33. Ahhh....

It would be more important to consider what Ritter is saying rather than who he is saying it to in my opinion.

Unless you believe that Jones will portray Ritter poorly, then it is the substance of Ritters' opinion I am interested in.

And I happen to believe that this administration would certainly do something horrific.
http://serendipity.li/wot/wtc_other.htm

[mirandapriestly]

31. why? Actually, there is a lot of truth to what he says. More than a lot

of corporate media.

[Neil Lisst]

7. A friend used to ask me to watch Alex Jones ....

I did, starting in about 1999 or 2000. I thought much of his stuff was crazy, but there was one thing he was dead-on. These futuristic police-soldiers who show up in black with no name tags, no way to identify who they are, men who do not know or respect the Constitution or any of our guarantees of freedom.

When Bush came into office, those SWAT looking goons became the norm. Who do they answer to? Are they taught this is America, not Nazi Germany, and they'd better remember it?

Until Bush is removed from power, either literally, or sufficiently constrained politically, the trend will not reverse.

[theHandpuppet]

8. SYRIA SYRIA SYRIA

Honestly, folks, how many times have you seen this much MSM coverage of the U.N. (re: the Syrian issue). Can we spell I-R-A-Q?

Funny how the MSM was nowhere to be found when Bolton was wreaking havoc at the U.N. recently, doing his best to smash U.N. programs to fight global warming (at the very same time Katrina was destroying NOLA, no less!) and global poverty. Now that Syria is in the crosshairs they whip out a daily montage of pics of Kofi Annan and the U.N. as if BushCo really give a flying damn what the U.N. thinks -- this is all just P.R. for Georgie's next great adventure into Syria.

[SledDriver]

9. This is the type of thing that the MSM should be reporting!

So that if/when it does happen, the sheeple don't automatically think "Osama's back" and jump on the misguided patriotism rally-round-the-president bandwagon, but instead look at it with a measure of skepticism.

[Tesla]

10. I flipped thru the MSM last night, and all I saw was

Aruba and Florida!!!

[goodboy]

11. And today could be the day! The "specific but uncorroborated"

information from a "source that's been correct in the past"

aint' gon' cut it.

They have to raise the stakes

[no_hypocrisy]

12. "Possible"? Try redundant.

They did it at least once, and they'll do it again.

[WA98296]

13. Why not, they've likely done it before. There is no low too low for them.

[endarkenment]

17. If you accept LIHOP or MIHOP as serious possibilities then

you have to accept that this administration would not hesitate to do either again if they thought it served their interests.

If you believe that the administration acts in the interests of more powerful world players, then an alternative strategy is to replace the disgraced administration with a new set of willing fools eager to do the bidding of their masters. A temporary setback, but one that they are able to work with.

[boise1]

19. All options are on the table

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-10-26-iran-israel_x.htm

[DemocracyInaction]

20. Don't think so. It would only make it worse for them.

Even heard a talking head or two refer to a terrorist attack being the real nail in asshole's coffin because it would shoot the last thing he has going for him: i.e., "I am da' great protector of the Amurekan people". They have run out of tricks. Pull this one and he won't even have a double digit approval rating.

[MountainLaurel]

22. Anyone remember that in "Handmaid's Tale"

The founding of the Republic of Gilead begins with a terrorist attack that was faked by the Reich Wingers and blamed on Muslims?

[DemReadingDU]

23. Why? Most Americans realize Bush can't keep us safe

IF there were an attack, then EVEYONE would would come to the same conclusion. Rather, I see lots of terror scares to keep the media talking about it instead of the upcoming indictments.

[Loonman]

25. They do it and get caught staging one

There'll be a general revolt, coup d'etat. Blood will run in the streets, the people will rise up.

[satya]

28. Cheney et al (not UFPJ) s.b. under "PATRIOT"-Act level surveillance. nt

[rucky]

34. Gee, that sounds CRAZY. Let's look at this logically:

We have a presumably corrupt administration in command of the world's largest military force (by a mile).

They have a plan for hegemony that hints at drastic measures to gain public support.

They use false intelligence to manipulate desired outcomes.

They threaten and intimidate their opponents.

They imprison and torture their enemies.

They have little regard for human life.


Whether you're LIHOP or MIHOP or you just like to eat at IHOP, this is by no means a big jump to make.

[Moderator]

35. Locking

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