The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated....We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable. . . . [W]e will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter, on a South African radio station, March 25, 2003: