U.S. Must Exit Iraq Now, Ex-Inspector Says: "The United States must pull out of Iraq immediately and leave that country's future up to its people, a former U.N. weapons inspector said Thursday.
Scott Ritter, an outspoken critic of the war who served as a weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, said the United States will not be able to create a stable government there because its involvement is questionable.
'We got into this war on a lie, and the foundation of our involvement is corrupt,' he said. 'Therefore, whatever we try to build in Iraq is doomed to collapse.'
Ritter said that while he was an inspector, the United Nations found about 90 percent to 95 percent of the weapons of mass destruction Iraq had. The inspectors were removed from the country before completing their inquiry, but he said 'there is no evidence that Iraq retained these weapons.' "
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