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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solid who wrote (22896)	10/29/2004 4:45:41 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

The Ruskie thing wouldnt surprise me at all, but, I bet Putkin has a whole new outlook on Terrorism after what has been happening in Russia. Frankly, I wont hold it against him if its true, if he now becomes a staunch ally. I am more upset with the French and their wily ways. Their administration looks to me to be totally corrupt, and they have managed to corrupt the UN also. People say Bush acts alone, well, maybe outside of the Brits there is no one else left to act with. I notice the previously Iron Curtain countries certainly lined up with the USA. Its a whole different world from when I was a young man. Internationally, I dont know what to think, but NATIONALLY I only trust BUSH and HE'S MY MAN. jdn

To: Solid who wrote (22896)	10/29/2004 10:44:34 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Did anyone else in the 'mainstream media' pick up on that story? From CNN Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials distanced themselves from comments in the Washington Times by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John Shaw about the explosives. Shaw said Russian troops working with Iraqi intelligence moved the explosives to Syria and possibly other countries before the war. Shaw said Russian special forces "almost certainly" removed the material from the Al Qaqaa complex, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, before the war to hide evidence of Russian "contractual arrangements" with the Saddam Hussein regime. The missing explosives -- RDX and HMX -- were probably of Russian origin, he said. Shaw, the Pentagon's point person for international technology security, said the Russians brought troops into Iraq before the war to disperse Saddam's weapons. He said they were moved to Syria, Lebanon and possibly Iran, according to the Washington Times report. But senior Pentagon officials told CNN they have seen no intelligence information that would corroborate Shaw's assessment. Asked about Shaw's comments during an interview on WABC radio in New York, Rumsfeld said, "No, I have no information on that at all and cannot validate that even slightly." Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita said Shaw was not speaking for the Pentagon and that his views were not those of senior defense officials. DiRita also said that Shaw's superiors were talking to him about his comments. cnn.com