The one thing that knowledgeable people have told me about John Kerry is that he doesn’t know when to stop. He has no controlling mechanism when he goes on the attack. To accuse this president of deliberately lying to get this country into war is therefore a typical piece of Kerry excess. I think Kerry will pay dearly for it in the long run – and maybe even sooner. Yesterday, for example, we received news that the fourth most wanted Saddam apparatchik had been captured. Does Kerry honestly believe that we have all the information about WMDs or Saddam already? Here’s what the Daily Telegraph is reporting:
No details of Abid Hamid’s capture were released by the Pentagon. But yesterday a huge operation was launched. American troops raided two farmhouses and found $5.3 million in US dollars, up to $250 million in Iraqi dinars, quantities of British pounds and euros and $600,000 in gems. Up to 50 people believed to be part of Saddam’s security or intelligence apparatus or members of paramilitary groups were taken prisoner. “I believe over the next three to four days, you will hear much more about the number of senior Iraqi individuals we have detained here over the last couple of days,” said Maj Gen Ray Odierno, commander of the US 4th Infantry Division. He said it was believed that part of the money was intended for funding bounties to be paid for killing American soldiers.
My bet is that we soon have a breakthrough in WMD evidence in Iraq – and that we are getting closer by the day to discovering Saddam himself. Bush and Blair will be vindicated more clearly than before; and this president will – once again – out-fox his mewling critics on the war. I have a feeling Kerry has just inflicted on himself a massive unforced error. Gephardt looks more promising by the day.
The Dish 