State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III
by Bob Woodward
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Author: Bob WoodwardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-09-03
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: Politicos WAKE UP !! Get over it !
Summary: 5 Stars
Hard-line politicos WAKE UP !! Get over it ! There are indeed many positive things to say about Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz - but the prosecution of the Iraq War is not among them. WAKE UP !! Get over it !
Significant time has past since the publication of Woodward book's, and time reveals that the truth of history does not bode well for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, et al - on how badly they mismanaged the Iraq War. What Bob Woodward provided us is small but very potent glimpse into the start of history's unfailing critical review as time marches into eternity.
Prudent retrospect has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that the Iraq War was horribly mismanaged because the chief US policy-makers (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz - all devoid of any significant military experience) utterly failed to heed the sage advice from those with vast military experience. As the saying goes about General Shinseki -"Rick was right!"...Well, they can also say the same about many others who attempted to provide Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, et al, with time-tested and results-proven military advice - but these experienced warriors were sadly ignored and brushed aside. To those who prefer to hide behind mere political-based logic - WAKE UP ! There is no longer any denying that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, et al - badly mismanaged this war to the Nth degree ! Get over it!
When the war effort nearly collapsed back in 2006, Bush was forced to do something to do something vastly different because the realities of an ignominious US defeat were knocking loudly at his doorstep. Query: So why fix it if it wasn't broken? The cold, hard facts of proof are the foundation behind Petraeus and his vastly different style of prosecuting this war - much of which many experienced DOD advisors ascribed to back in 2002.
There are those of us hardcore conservatives with considerable military experience who realize the sad truth about how horribly Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz mismanaged this war. The Iraq War is fast becoming another classic US example on how to mismanage a war. Yet, it remains a never-ending amazement how the overwhelming majority of Bush-politicos slip into a 'state of denial' and defy reality in such convoluted ways {i.e. those who defend Bush, et al, at all costs (even their lies) and harshly criticize every Bush-dissenter as red-baited}...well such politicos are monolithic thinkers who simply cannot separate the loony liberals from those who are actually experienced in military matters - and know what to criticize in such matters. (They probably believed in a monolithic Communist block and the Domino Theory too !}
Such politicos wouldn't understand the likes of Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Montecuccoli, Mao, Boyd, or any other military philosopher - much less have read them. They have no idea that, with millenniums long past, Thucydides is still highly relevant to understanding war. They are ignorant on the vast amount of the sage advice from these military philosophers that was totally ignored by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, et al. Those who consistently use political-based logic to defend Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, et al, against all criticism on their prosecution of the Iraq war...Well, such politicos are little more than incompetent armchair generals - as were Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz.
There are indeed many positive things to say about Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz - but the prosecution of the Iraq War is not among them. Hard-line politicos WAKE UP !! Get over it !
Summary of State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III
Bob Woodward's third # 1 New York Times bestseller on President George W. Bush's wars tells the detailed, behind-the-scenes story of how the Bush administration failed to tell the truth about the Iraq War.Presidents & Heads of State Books
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