The Dilbert Principle is a business theory suggesting that companies should promote their most incompetent employees to management positions where they can avoid customer interaction and do the least amount of harm to the business.
In 2002, then CIA Director George Tenet told President Bush that it was a “slam dunk” that we would find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
President Bush used that as justification to launch a preemptive war against Iraq. To date 1572 American servicemen and woman have lost their lives in this war.
The CIA’s top weapons hunter has ended his search for WMD’s in Iraq without finding any such weapons.
Last December, President Bush awarded Tenet our nation’s highest Civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom for his service to our country. Yesterday, Tenet told an audience he regrets the slam dunk remark.
The Republican Dilbert Principle: Reward managerial incompetence, scapegoat underlings, and invoke 9/11 to justify any costs in lives, money, or reputation of incompetent actions.