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Cowperson · 08-25-2004, 12:11 PM

By the way Lanny, a government controlled mainstream media source with a profile of General Zinni's opposition to the Iraq situation. This article is in the Washington Post FIVE MONTHS before his speech you posted. Apparently his message wasn't being ignored. He's quite the little campaigner. Not that there's anything wrong with that as I said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A...anguage=printer

Just trying to help you out Bub!!

Its kind of interesting that he actually seems to absolve Bush and Cheney.

And that brings him back to Wolfowitz and his neoconservative allies as the root of the problem. "I don't know where the neocons came from -- that wasn't the platform they ran on," he says. "Somehow, the neocons captured the president. They captured the vice president."

EDIT: General Zinni a year ago, September 2003, on PBS:

JIM LEHRER: The weapon of mass destruction issue was the thing that was exaggerated?

GEN. ANTHONY ZINNI (RET.): Yes, I believe that it was clear to all of us that had obviously that had responsibilities for this region of the world that Saddam had the framework for a program. It was clear to us that he had the scientists, the documentation, the dual use facilities, programs he was allowed to have like the Al-Samoud system that he could do experimentation, research and development He was fooling around with UAV's, unmanned aerial vehicles possibly, and they were really at rudimentary stages of development. And it was clear he wanted a clean bill of health from Richard Butler and his predecessor Rolf Ekeus and even Hans Blix.

JIM LEHRER: These are U.N. weapons inspectors.

GEN. ANTHONY ZINNI (RET.): Yeah, the inspectors that headed the teams. I think he saw the possibility if they could not find a quote smoking gun -- he had the framework of the program to start it up. But I think the inspectors -- certainly Richard Butler in my time and Rolf Ekeus and I believe Hans Blix were on to him. But to make the case that there was, you know the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud or that there's 48 hours that he could launch a missile, I think was really exaggerated.

An interesting answer. The link:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/ju...inni_09-30.html

Cowperson

08-25-2004, 12:11 PM	#8
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	By the way Lanny, a government controlled mainstream media source with a profile of General Zinni's opposition to the Iraq situation. This article is in the Washington Post FIVE MONTHS before his speech you posted. Apparently his message wasn't being ignored. He's quite the little campaigner. Not that there's anything wrong with that as I said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A...anguage=printer Just trying to help you out Bub!! Its kind of interesting that he actually seems to absolve Bush and Cheney. And that brings him back to Wolfowitz and his neoconservative allies as the root of the problem. "I don't know where the neocons came from -- that wasn't the platform they ran on," he says. "Somehow, the neocons captured the president. They captured the vice president." EDIT: General Zinni a year ago, September 2003, on PBS: JIM LEHRER: The weapon of mass destruction issue was the thing that was exaggerated? GEN. ANTHONY ZINNI (RET.): Yes, I believe that it was clear to all of us that had obviously that had responsibilities for this region of the world that Saddam had the framework for a program. It was clear to us that he had the scientists, the documentation, the dual use facilities, programs he was allowed to have like the Al-Samoud system that he could do experimentation, research and development He was fooling around with UAV's, unmanned aerial vehicles possibly, and they were really at rudimentary stages of development. And it was clear he wanted a clean bill of health from Richard Butler and his predecessor Rolf Ekeus and even Hans Blix. JIM LEHRER: These are U.N. weapons inspectors. GEN. ANTHONY ZINNI (RET.): Yeah, the inspectors that headed the teams. I think he saw the possibility if they could not find a quote smoking gun -- he had the framework of the program to start it up. But I think the inspectors -- certainly Richard Butler in my time and Rolf Ekeus and I believe Hans Blix were on to him. But to make the case that there was, you know the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud or that there's 48 hours that he could launch a missile, I think was really exaggerated. An interesting answer. The link: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/ju...inni_09-30.html Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous