@Justicar - I don't follow Scott Ritter, but the Bolsheviks were known as "the reds", and their opponents in the civil war that followed the revolution of 1917 were known as "the whites".
Scott Ritter likely does exhibit mind-boggling cognitive dissonance (as it's become very common), but that particular slip may not have been so bad. 🍻
@YoMomz acceptable explanation