Okay. Once more:
Tenet: "We said that Saddam did not have a nuclear weapon and probably would have been unable to make one until 2007 to 2009."
Bush: "Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
- Tenet said that Iraq could have a nuclear weapon within a few years.
- Bush declares that we cannot wait for such weapons to be actually built to do something about it.
Why is this so hard for you to get?
Try and hammer this into your head: by the time Saddam actually HAS a nuclear weapon, it is too late to do anything about it.