From: "George Sherwood" 

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:22:35 -0500, Robert G Lewis wrote:

> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:449ab4be{at}w3.nls.net...
>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:02:21 -0500, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> "Phil Payne"
 wrote in message
>>> news:449a50ac{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> It's always been a bit disingenuous, but in the face of
the truth now
>>>> slowly
>>>> emerging from Iraq (e.g., the ambassador's memo) it's getting worse.
>>>> Today
>>>> for instance:
>>>>
>>>> "Report: 'Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq'..."
>>>>
>>>> Points to Fox:
>>>>
>>>> "'We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,
chemical weapons,'
>>>> Sen.
>>>> Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said in a quickly called press conference late
>>>> Wednesday afternoon."
>>>>
>>>> And then, further down the Fox report:
>>>>
>>>> "Offering the official administration response to FOX
News, a senior
>>>> Defense
>>>> Department official pointed out that the chemical weapons
were not in
>>>> useable conditions.
>>>>
>>>> 'This does not reflect a capacity that was built up after 1991,' the
>>>> official said, adding the munitions "are not the WMDs
this country and
>>>> the
>>>> rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this
>>>> country
>>>> went to war.'"
>>>>
>>>> Will  the American people read beyond the headline?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>  Phil Payne
>>>>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>>>>  +44 7833 654 800
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not as much as we should.
>>>
>>> I wonder what's in the rest of the report, and if a political appointee
>>> wrote it or edited it.
>>
>> The report was written by the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center
>> not in DC. Probably not any appointees there.  It isn't the administration
>> pushing this report it is mostly a few Congressmen.
>>
>> George
>
> When I saw Santorum's name I figured it was a bit of desperation for him.
> His race isn't going that well.

I don't think any stunt like this is going to help him at all.  Looks
pretty much like he is a goner.

George

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