Scott Ritter
Former UN weapons inspector (UNSCOM). Initially prominent for correctly challenging Iraq WMD claims. Subsequently became outspoken defender of Russian and Iranian positions, frequent guest on Russian state media.
Affiliations
Conflict-Specific Premises
The Iranian nuclear threat is being manufactured through the same intelligence manipulation that preceded the Iraq War
Iran-Israel War 2026
Iran's nuclear program is at least partly a rational response to legitimate security concerns
Iran-Israel War 2026
There is fundamental hypocrisy in opposing Iranian nuclear capability while accepting Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal
Iran-Israel War 2026
The Ukraine conflict is a US proxy war against Russia using Ukrainian lives
Ukraine War
NATO expansion provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine War
Historical determinism favors multipolarity and the decline of US hegemony
Ukraine War
Positions
Iran-Israel War 2026 · 2026-02-10
I've inspected weapons programs. I know what a real threat looks like and what a manufactured one looks like. Iraq was a manufactured threat and Iran is being manufactured the same way. Iran's nuclear program is for energy and deterrence. Israel, which actually has nuclear weapons and has never signed the NPT, is the real proliferation threat in the Middle East.
Ukraine War · 2024-08-10
Russia's military operation is going according to plan. The Western media is lying about Ukrainian victories. Russia will prevail because it has escalation dominance and the industrial capacity to sustain a long war. NATO provoked this conflict and Russia is responding rationally to an existential threat on its border.