Tenet Resigns

Everyone seems to be blaming Tenet's resignation on Bush, saying that Bush needed a scapegoat for the failure to find WMD's and for the "intelligence failure" that failed to prevent 9/11. Last night the BBC claimed that he, under orders from the president, fabricated (!!!!) intelligence about Iraq to make a case for the war. (No, the BBC's not biased at all...)

While I know that the "personal reasons" excuse may tend to be overused, particularly in movies, to cover up the real reasons for quitting a political office, this time I think it's his genuine reason. Think about it: What word appeared three times in the opening sentence of this entry? Failure. Day in and and day out he has to hear about intelligence failures, which is really saying that he's a failure. After months--years--of working the long hours that it takes to head any government agency, and being told at every turn what a failure he is, I think he decided it just wasn't worth it anymore. Why put so much time and effort into the job when every time something bad happens to the country, people are going to blame him? I can definitely understand why he'd rather spend time with his family.

Posted by Blog Jones at June 4, 2004 08:17 AM | Category: Politics