Food For Thought

Former CIA director, George J. Tenet disclosed yesterday that US president George W. Bush is not adequately informed by public servants whose job positions and job details obligate them to. That disclosure in itself is quite damning. The US, in deed, the world has been paying dearly for that failure on the part of the public servants who surround Bush. The big puzzle in this disclosure is: Is this state of affairs not the concomitant outcome of a situation when a position of authority and power is occupied by an individual who lacks the sharp mind necessary for asking specific questions and insisting on hard facts as answers?