The Fuss About George Tenet

In the middle of the week, former CIA chief George Tenet came out with explosive words regarding the early evidence leading up to the Iraq War. The moment of contention occurred when he was mentioned in Bob Woodward's book, Plan of Attack of the evidence being a "slam dunk". In the words of the current Administration, he had allegedly spoken as if he was sure of the "proof" that would be enough to prove Iraq was a threat to the United States.

But that was water under the bridge. Six years later, Mr. Tenet allegedly spoke that the mere mentioning of that phrase had brought him down a peg or two. This was especially so when the Downing Street memos came out as well as the assertions from Hans Blix and Scott Ritter that there were no WMD's to be found.

He wrote of these awarenesses in an upcoming book. One could say that it was his way of telling the world his side of the story as the casualties mount up. And it even seems quite metaphorical especially when walls are a part of the policy of dealing with the civil unrest that happens daily on the streets of Iraq.

Looking back at all that has happened, it is hard to say that it was a "slam dunk"--even when looking at how our soldiers have been treated overseas and at home. Worse, it is hardly a score when for the sake of allegedly falsified evidence the citizens at home have to deal with their civil liberties taken away for the "War on Terror".

The scary thing is the fact that some Americans actually believe "for the sake of safety", that believing everything that the government said was a good thing. And in the in the end, all it amounted to was a campaign built upon fear which is constantly played up even in the MSM today.

It has been said that we would finally know the story years later when the books start to be written. Perhaps Mr. Tenet's book is the first of a long line of texts which try to explain to us what exactly happened despite the tight-lipped arrogance of the Bush White House.