No it wasn't Guest,15 Jan 06 - 03:56 PM. (Assuming you are the Guest who started this thread.)

The article you copy-pasted into the opening post in this thread contained all of the following words (within your post, prior to their deletion by Joe)...

"Our troops took an oath to uphold and defend that Constitution and yet they went to war in violation of that Constitution. Ladies and gentlemen, this is about as un-American a war as one can possibly imagine and we must register that fact when we talk about why we're there and where we're going.

Thank you very much.

The other part I want to make sure you see, is this excerpt from an impassioned Ritter at about the one-hour point in the debate, when he seemed backed into the corner of "defending" Saddam Hussein. Watch how he punches his way out of that corner:

I'm not here to defend Saddam Hussein or his regime. I'm not. I'm here to defend the United States of America and our way of life and I'm here to tell you right now that if you support this war, if you support this occupation, you support a process that represents the erosion of what it means to be an American."

The article you just posted a link to in your 15 Jan 06 - 03:56 PM post does not contain the above words.

(The bolded words are Bob Gieger's own and not Ritter's.)