Iraq War Watch: Dissecting George Tenet
National Review (Via MM): Tenet Does 60 Minutes
But the question begs: Why do the Iraq naysayers never confront the counterfactual scenario of their dreams? If we had left Saddam in place, the sanctions would have disintegrated in short order — Security Council members France, Russia and China were bought and paid for in Oil-for-Food bribes. Once the sanctions had collapsed, Saddam would have been right back in business — his WMD programs ready to be up and running again (to the extent they were not running already) as he sat there with about $20 billion in Oil-for-Food profits and an ongoing relationship with al Qaeda (among many other jihadist groups).
If you want to say we shouldn’t have gone to Iraq, and should have anticipated the present chaos there, fair enough. But at least have the honesty to say you’d prefer the alternative: A Saddam Hussein, emboldened from having faced down the United States and its sanctions, loaded with money, arming with WMDs, and coddling jihadists.
George Tenet’s Imaginary Encounter…
Then CIA Director George Tenet testifies about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in this March 24, 2004 file photo. A senior White House counselor on Friday April 27, 2007 dismissed former CIA Director’s George Tenet portrait of a Bush administration that rushed to war in Iraq without serious debate. ‘The president did wrestle with those very serious questions,’ Dan Bartlett said.
Let’s see, former CIA Director Tenet accepts millions for a book to bash President Bush, to be disingenuous and untruthful at the same time.
Hummmmmm, sounds like good work if you can swing it.
Update:
“George Tenet will have to explain why he waited this long to speak out and why he took the Medal of Freedom.”
— Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), “Late Edition,” CNN, 4/29
Indeed on both counts………
Why?
The more BUZZ, the more book sales…………
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