Possible Damnation
September 6th, 2007If this article is true, George W. Bush’s fate with the historians has been sealed and George Tenet’s grave will be made.
On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam’s inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again.
In fairness, one must wonder whether or not this presentation was simply a “Here is the fringe reporting from the Iraqi minister, thought you’d like to know” or an unequivocal pronunciation of “innocence” for Hussein. I’m sure it’s accurate — namely, that Tenet briefed Bush on September eighteenth to let him know that top-secret intelligence indicates Saddam has no WMD — but is the conclusion true? Well, Saddam didn’t have WMD, but that’s not necessarily the issue. If the CIA knew and was unequivocally declaring that it knew to Bush, he’s got a problem. If it was saying, “Here’s another source,” then they’re not damned for that.
They get to go to hell for other reasons. Hey, they should be happy. At least they don’t have to ask for permission from the government to reincarnate, though I suppose that the Christian equivalent would be asking the government for permission to go to Heaven. Don’t know what I’m talking about?
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation.”
What a world we live in.