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I probably have seen every interview that Ritter has given on TV. In my opinion his message has remained the same from 1997 or '98 until the present. I have seen interviewers and opponents try to twist his words by comparing statements from 1997 or '98 to statements that he is currently making and in my opinion they have not been able to discredit anything that he has said. His bottom line message is two fold, if the Bush Administration has proof of what they are saying about WMD then show the proof to, at least our allies, and if the proof is convincing they will get on board. He personally does not think that they have reconstituted their ablility to produce WMD because our spys in the sky would have monitored the activity required to reconstitute their ability to produce WMD and thus ample proof would exist. If they do not have the proof, then they don't have the legal right, under international law to invade Iraq. The second part of his message is to get the Inspectors back into Iraq, because he believes that Sadam will blow it again by playing games with the inspectors and then we would have every legal right to take the man out. I don't consider the man to be a traitor by any measurement. I do think that he enjoys being in the spotlight. While I am convinced that WMD is, in part, a propaganda ploy being used to rally the American people to the flag, I also am not really against an invasion of Iraq, for what I believe are the real motives, for invading Iraq.
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