A Tale Of Two Tenets

Now, for the next week or so until the left wing media drums up some other political fantasy, we are going to be subjected to the “Tales of Tenet”. This will be an intriguing yarn of lies and deceptions. We will be lead to believe that the head of the CIA, George Tenet, was used, duped, fooled, befuddled and betrayed by the “idiot” Bush and his pack of henchmen including Cheney and Rummy. Adding fuel to the left wing bonfires already stoked with rumors of corruption in the Justice Department will be veritable barrels full of combustible one liners and sound bites that will work the pinkos into a heated frenzy of molten spin.

The story is as follows; George “Judas” Tenet, former head of the CIA, appointed by Bill Clinton and held over by President Bush claims his words were misused by President Bush as he was trying to convince the people of the United States and the world that there were weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s) in Iraq. The quote most often associated with George “Judas” Tenet is that it was a “slam dunk” that Saddam Hussein was producing and hiding WMD’s in Iraq. Mysteriously, in the Associated Press article dated April 27th, the quote is never mentioned. But in a CBS news article dated April 26th, 2007, it is explained as follows;

“The phrase "slam dunk" didn't refer to whether Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs, says Tenet; the CIA thought he did. He says he was talking about what information could be used to make that case when he uttered those words. "We can put a better case together for a public case. That's what I meant," explains Tenet.”

What the f_ _ _ does that mean?

Tenet is upset because he claims that the quote was being used as the sole reason for going to war. CBS also quotes Tenet as saying;

“So a whole decision to go to war, when all of these other things have happened in the run-up to war? You make mobilization decisions, you've looked at war plans," says Tenet. "I'll never believe that what happened that day informed the president's view or belief of the legitimacy or the timing of this war. Never!"

HELLO! He was the head of the most powerful intelligence agency in the free world, he tells the leader of the free world that there is information that without a doubt there are WMD’s in Iraq and he can’t believe that he, the President, might use that info to go to war? Is he a moron? How the hell did he get the job in the first place? Maybe Bush is an idiot for keeping him around.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times;

“The phrase ''slam dunk'' was associated with Tenet after it was leaked by a senior administration official to author and journalist Bob Woodward. According to Woodward's book Plan of Attack, Bush turned to Tenet during the meeting and asked if the information he had just presented on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was the best Tenet had.
''It's a slam dunk case,'' Tenet replied, according to Woodward.”

Tenet doesn’t deny making the statement but now claims it was taken out of context and spun by the White House for their war propagating purposes; but I think Mr. Tenet may have an agenda of his own. According to the LA times, George got an advance of more than four million dollars for his tell-all book titled, "At the Center of the Storm”. (How many pieces of silver did Judas get when he hung Jesus out to dry? Hmmmm, five letters in the name “Tenet”, five letters in the name “Jesus” and five letters in the name “Judas”, coincidence? I don’t think so. This should get those left wing conspiracy nutjob’s heads spinning.) I guess when war funding and time-tables are at the political forefront, it is a good time to get your own propaganda out there at any cost.

So, as the lefties cry “foul” once again and tell their stories of Bush deceptions and lies in another futile attempt to discredit him, let us all remember that famous quote often associated with the most famous of Stooges;

“If at first you don’t succeed, suck and suck t’il you do succeed”.
-Curley

Better get sucking.