Slam-Dunk, well, I really meant to say..

Many American's have questioned the Bush administrations policy of invading Iraq. Some have openly stated that it was nothing more then a son's desire to finish what his father had begun. While others have stated that Saddam had to be removed by any means.

Whatever the catalyst had been at the time, one thing is for certain, originally the CIA, at the time ran by George Tenet had made a compelling case that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. In fact, Tenet's comments have now become public knowledge when he told the President that it was a slam-dunk.

What has been often repeated by the Bush administration is the story leading to the invasion. President Bush and his team, including then CIA director George Tenet were discussing the possibility of an invasion to rid the world of the WMD and Saddam's earnest desire to use them, even against Israel if required.

The story goes that the President asked George Tenet if the CIA had complete and total evidence that Iraq was creating and holding weapons of mass destruction and Tenet stated, "Mr. President, it is a slam-dunk!"

This was the same director of the CIA who had probable evidence that an attack was immanent against the United States, they just had no idea where it was going to take place and nothing was done about it.

The attack of Iraq was put into action, no WMD were ever found and George Tenet submitted his resignation, which is a Washington definition for being fired, and he went off to write his book to make a few bucks.

Now that Tenet's book has been published, he is saying his slam-dunk comment was taken out of content. Notice he is not saying that he never uttered the phrase in the first place; just that he meant it in a different perspective.

It appears that Mr. Tenet is protesting a little too late and attempting to change his place in history. Whatever the catalyst was that sent our troops into Iraq, one thing is certain, the President obtains his intelligence briefings from the CIA and in this case, it was straight from the horse's mouth.

It is humorous how everyone attempts to save their own butt once things begin to turn sour. Mr. Tenet will always be known for his slam-dunk comment, no matter how many spins he tries to put on it.