Scott Ritter was born into a military family in 1961. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts in the history of the Soviet Union and with departmental honors.
He was first in the U.S. Army serving as a Private in 1980. He was commissioned as an intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps in May 1984. He served in this capacity for twelve years. He initially served as the lead analyst for the Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force concerning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq War.
During Desert Storm, he served as a ballistic missile adviser to General Norman Schwartzkopf. Ritter later worked as a security and military consultant.
William Scott Ritter, Jr. is noted for his role as a chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, and later for his criticism of United States foreign policy in the Middle East.
Prior to the US invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, Ritter publicly argued that Iraq possessed no significant weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). He became a popular anti-war figure and talk show commentator as a result of his stance.
It seems he has some pretty good credentials. Here's what he has to say.
Of course, given his opinions (and ignoring his military record) he's probably just another loud-mouthed, hippy, pinko, commie-bastard, libertard who wants to see America loose.
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