Scott Ritter Scott Ritter, author of Target Iran, Waging Peace and Iraq Confidential, was one of UNSCOM’s most senior weapons inspectors in Iraq between 1991 and 1998, after having served for eight years as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. As a Marine, he conducted arms inspections in the former Soviet Union, and provided analysis of Iraq’s missile capacity to General Schwarzkopf in the 1991 Gulf War. Nation Books is the publisher of Target Iran, Iraq Confidential, and Waging Peace. “The most important thing to know about Scott Ritter is that he was right.” - Seymour Hersh


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Third-Party Blues

The war in Iraq has morally crippled the Republican Party, if not all of America. That Joe Biden is an architect of the war is without question. Ralph Nader is right: The two-party system is failing America.  

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Where are the weapons of mass destruction?

Far from stating that impeachment is off the table, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rightfully has no option but to instruct the House of Representatives to initiate investigations into the crime of fraud and other related obstructions of government undertaken by the administration of President George W. Bush.

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Jon Voight is a great actor.  I personally single out his roles in Midnight CowboyCatch-22 and Coming Home as some of the best acting ever.  I have great respect for his professionalism when it comes to the business of making movies.  However, when this Academy Award-winning actor turns his hand to politics, my respect turns to dismay. 

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Acts of war

The war between the United States and Iran is on.

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Iran shows its cards

There has never been a more pressing time than now for Congress to conduct serious hearings on U.S. policy toward Iran.

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Backstage in St. Louis

VIDEO: Ritter speaks to MTV about the importance of being an educated voter.

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The nuclear expert who never was

David Albright has a track record of inserting hype and speculation about matters of great sensitivity in a manner which skews the debate toward the worst-case scenario.

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Former U.N. weapons inspector speaks to high school students

Scott Ritter made a surprise visit to a group of Missouri high school students to discuss the prospect of war with Iran and how to utilize citizenship in a representative democracy. 

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U.S. determined to attack Iran

In a wide-ranging interview, Scott Ritter explains why he believes the U.S. is gearing up toward launching a military strike in Iran and how the media has misrepresented a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Association.

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Ritter calls for investigation of NBC

The burden is on NBC to prove that it wasn’t complicit with the Bush administration concerning its reporting on Iraq and administration policies, and not on NBC’s critics to prove that it was.

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McClellan and his media collaborators

At MSNBC, I heard Scott Ritter smeared — on-air and off — as a paid mouthpiece of Saddam Hussein.

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MSNBC wouldn’t allow Phil Donahue to have Scott Ritter on unopposed, whereas supporters of the President were on alone.

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The resolution of the Chicago City Council opposing war on Iran is as strong a statement as can be made by a free people outside of an election.

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Ritter warns Iran attack might be imminent

There is no doubt in my mind that the United States is planning right now, as we speak, a military strike against Iran.

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Bombs away?

An in-depth interview with Scott Ritter about U.S. plans to attack Iran.

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The case for engagement

After his fact-finding mission to Iran, Ritter argues for resuming diplomatic relations.

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Fools would bomb Iran

VIDEO: Ritter discusses Iran’s ability to retaliate.

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Ritter on the Bush administration’s plans for regime change

Iran is named sixteen times in the National Security Strategy as the number one threat to the national security of the United States of America.

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