There is, indeed, justice in this world – from Reuters:
A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday found former high-ranking United Nations official Scott Ritter guilty in an Internet underage sex sting.
Prosecutors accused Ritter, 49, of Delmar, New York, a suburb of Albany, of engaging in a lurid web chat with a person portrayed as a 15-year-old girl. That person was actually a detective for the Barrett Township Police Department in Pennsylvania…
Ritter, you might recall, was the UN weapons inspector who went from anti-Saddam hawk to pro-Saddam dove – in my view, because he was bought; though this conviction indicates that, just perhaps, Saddam got something on him and that would explain his sudden switch. Always be wary of those who turn on a dime – a slow shift from position to position may reflect an honest re-assessment of previously held views; a radical departure is, well, curious and doesn’t happen too often. Those who lauded Ritter because he was a useful club to belabor Bush with should have been more cautious.
At any rate, the key to getting through life is to attempt to be honest – and try to stay away from temptation. We are so easily caught in webs of deceit, and the person we most often lie to is ourselves. Hopefully, Ritter will learn from this and become a better man – and hopefully all of us will learn to take better care and flee at the first inclination towards sin.
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