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That entire ceremony was a sham
Tenet says he accepted the medal because it recognized his agency's work in Afghanistan but come on, George: you received it at the same ceremony that Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Bremer were given their medals. It was a staged ceremony designed for some feel-good PR, the kind of red-carpet pomp and circumstance event that Dress-Me-Up Commander Codpiece loves to preside over because it makes him feel all Prezuhdenshul and stuff. It was a sham, just like the entire war has been a sham.
Over at Digby, Tristero has a wonderul piece up about the whole sordid Tenet affair. I quote:
This fine open letter protesting Tenet's recent book implicitly makes an important point about redemption and forgiveness. You earn it, you don't cash in on it. And you do so not merely by writing a self-serving book that cashes in on the present (well-deserved) disgust with the Bush administration's bloody and totally immoral war, but you take the symbolic action of returning the medal you received from your fellow scoundrels and you also take the very real action of refusing to profit from your cowardice and culpability. In short, Tenet needs to behave like a truly honorable human being instead of a Bush-league hustler.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/no-prodigal-son-he-by-tristero-this.html