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I think everyone that comes here knows who George Tenet is.? I sort of doubt those who come here a lot have a clear idea of what I think of Tenet.? My feelings on George Tenet, in case you don’t want to look at the other posts, is quite simple.? Jamie Gorelick and Janet Reno were the principals behind the failures that led to 9/11, George Tenet is the primary failure that led to our involvement in Iraq.? I won’t belabor the point again, you can read my other posts to see why I state that so strongly.? However, Tenet’s in the news again.? He, ( drum roll please ), wrote a book: At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA

Now, the reason I came to the conclusion about Tenet that I did long ago is that my take on things is George Tenet was only concerned about one thing when he was director of the CIA.? That one thing was George Tenet.? I haven’t read his book.? I won’t read his book ( lack of time moreso than some political statement ).? But, from what I have gathered, he pretty much lays the blame for Iraq right in Bush’s lap.?

That’s what I expected him to do.? So, this doesn’t surprise me in the least bit.

Not one single atom of my soul is even curious as to why he would say what he is saying now.

Not one.

It is that predictable.? And, it proves what I’ve always felt about the man.? There has probably not been a more self-serving butthead in Washington in my lifetime.? And that, folks, is saying a LOT.

The claim he makes that has everyone talking right now is that there was very little debate within the Bush administration about going to war with Iraq.? At the time, I’m sure there wasn’t.? They relied on a ton of evidence to support their argument that Hussein had WMD’s.? They had a ton of evidence that Hussein was a military aggressor.? They had a tone of evidence that terrorist organizations existed in Iraq that were planning the US harm.? They had a ton of evidence that Iraq had violated just about every term of the United Nations imposed cease-fire.? They had a ton of evidence that the United States was at war with terrorist organizations sponsored by some unknown entity that had deep pockets ( a government perhaps? ).? In other words, the evidence was overwhelming that Iraq, in many ways, was a threat to the well-being of the United States.

All of that evidence was presented by George Tenet.

Now, he wants you to forget that and point your fingers at someone else for not doubting him at the time.

I’m not.? I hope others don’t as well.

If you want to point fingers at who was responsible for this Iraq mess right now, point it where the blame lies.? Point it at George Tenet for giving Bush everything he needed to justify it.? The reason George Tenet has remained at The Center of the Storm is because he created the storm.

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