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...Ritter faulted the U.S. for attempting to circumvent international guidelines in order to further its own aspirations of what he called “American imperialism.” The primary means of accomplishing this objective has been the manipulation of weapons inspectors, he argued...
Contrary to the government’s claims that Saddam Hussein threw UN inspectors out of Iraq, Ritter said that Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger was actually responsible for their ejection...
...Ritter said Berger got Richard Butler, the UN official in charge of overseeing the inspections, to order inspectors to inspect a non-military site in Baghdad, forcing Iraq into a position of non-compliance with the UN that forced the withdrawal of inspectors in 1998, setting the stage for a U.S. bombing campaign...
...Ritter argued that the inspectors were removed in order to pre-empt their imminent report stating that Iraq had been “qualitatively disarmed,” as inspectors had not found any evidence of illegally rebuilt or retained material...
...American policy from 1991 has been regime removal over disarmament,” Ritter said. “Disarmament is only useful to the United States so long as it furthers regime removal...