Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh on “Democracy Now,” debunk what Hersh calls the “urban myth” that “everybody” believed Iraq had WMD. From G.H.W. Bush to Clinton to Bush II — as Ritter shows in his new book, Iraq Confidential, it was all about “regime change,” and never about disarmament.
The Clinton administration tried to intimidate Ritter into silence, he says. So much for the wishful thinking of antiwar Democrats that a change in administrations would have averted the invasion of Iraq.
And they’re getting ready to do the same thing to Iran ….
Ritter, a former UN arms inspector in Iraq, knew there weren’t any WMD in Iraq after the mid-1990s. He told the truth, and was relentlessly smeared for his efforts. His analysis is fascinating. Check it out.