Zero Value

This certainly lowers the bar for this prestigious award. Since when do these things go to people who help start and botch up a bogus war?

"Former CIA director George Tenet, Gen Tommy Franks and Iraq overseer Paul Bremer were given the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.

'These three men symbolise the nobility of public service, the good character of our country, and the good influence of America on the world,' Mr Bush said.

But critics questioned the awards.

A spokesman for defeated presidential candidate John Kerry suggested that Mr Bush's choices were on a different level to other recipients, who have included civil rights heroine Rosa Parks and former President Jimmy Carter.

'My hunch is that George Bush wasn't using the same standard when honouring Tenet and Bremer that was applied to previous honourees,' David Wade was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency."

Clearly Bush is only about passing out jobs, medals and contracts to loyal sheep. Yet, this is no bigger of a joke than anything else he has done. Le Sigh!