Fineman on Hardball: 2 GREAT questions re: Woodward book:

[sspiderjohn]

Tweety fully agreed with these points (it was a terrific show re: Bush's mistaken rush to war in Iraq)

1) Why hasn't Tenet been fired? If WMD's were really THAT important in going to war with Iraq, then Tenet should have been OUT . . . .
2) Why doesn't Colin Powell resign -- or is he gradually resigning via the Woodward book?

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Why do they keep Tenet around if he's so bad???

:eyes:

[LSparkle]

2. because he's a Clinton holdover

a perfect "whipping boy".

[DinahMoeHum]

4. and/or he may know where too many of the skeletons are hidden.

n/t

:evilfrown:

[sspiderjohn]

3. 1) WMD's didn't matter, or 2) Tenet never really said "slam dunk"

It's got to be one of the two, doesn't it? Cause if WMD's were REALLY Bush's primary reason to go to war (which I doubt) and Tenet REALLY told Bush he had a "slam dunk" case that Iraq had WMD's, and Bush went to war on Tenet's "slam dunk" remark, Tene should have been hung.

Personally, I don't think Bush cared if Iraq had WMD's or not -- or if Tenet's assessment was correct or not -- I believe that Bush and Cheney had long planned to find any reason to go to Iraq. So Tenet made a mistake about WMD's, so what?