Rummy arrives in Bagdad

[panader0]

[Don Claybrook]

1. Is he also going to Tikrit?

I want him to show us the areas north, west, and south of Tikrit where the WMD are hidden.

[soothsayer]

2. yes, without a paddle

[panader0]

4. Rummy is a WMD

[Lasher]

6. He might have changed his position on that, Don. I really can't tell

(Saddam) has amassed large clandestine stocks of biological weapons... including anthrax and botulism toxin and possibly smallpox. His regime has amassed large clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons, including VX and sarin and mustard gas... (he) has at this moment stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. Donald Rumsfeld in testimony the House Armed Services Commitee on September 18, 2002

Saddam Hussein possesses chemical and biological weapons... His regime is paying a high price to pursue weapons of mass destruction -- giving up billions of dollars in oil revenue. His regime has large, unaccounted for stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons -- including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas; anthrax, botulism, and possibly smallpox -- and he has an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons. - Donald Rumsfeld, January 20, 2003

We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. - Donald Rumsfeld, March 30, 2003

I never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country. - Donald Rumsfeld May 4, 2003

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer. - Donald Rumsfeld May 27, 2003

I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons. - Donald Rumsfeld, June 24, 2003

Let's talk about the nuclear proposition for a minute. We know that based on intelligence, that he has been very, very good at hiding these kinds of efforts. He's had years to get good at it and we know he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. - Dick Cheney on Meet the Press, March 16, 2003

I said, 'We know they're in that area.' I should have said, 'I believe they're in that area.' Our intelligence tells us they're in that area, and that was our best judgment. - Donald Rumsfeld, September 10, 2003

I can't guess how much longer it will take to get what we will finally look and say was ground truth - certainly months, maybe a year-plus. I just don't know how long it will take. We certainly won't just discover anything. I mean, we did not just discover Saddam Hussein, and he was hiding in a hole that was big enough to put chemical weapons in it that would kill tens of thousands of people. - Donald Rumsfeld, May 17, 2004.

[BiggJawn]

3. The "Poodle", too...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4551650.stm
Blair makes a "surprise" visit to Bagdhad, too.

When's Dr. Phil scheduled to arrive?

[ananda]

5. Which one will hold..

.. the Christmas goose on a platter?

lol