So obviously this guy is gonna make millions on this book (hmm wonder why he wrote it), but after watching his interviews on TV, I think that half his book has some truth to it and the other half is BS.
Basically to sum it up in a nutshell, he says that Bush was misled by some unreliable information, but once they had gotten the idea because of intelligence sources that Iraq should be invaded because they were a possible threat, the focus of the administration was to sell the war. And McClellan said that's where Bush and his cabinet lost sight of things. He also described the President as someone who you don't want to stand up to. Once he's made a decision, the cabinet works it's hardest to carry it out in the best way they can. Bush is absolutely not the only president to run his administration this way - and it's more a subconscious thing that he may not even really realize that he's doing.
And believe it or not - there's a name for this phenomenon in decision-making groups that have a lot of power and a lot of pressure on their shoulders. Groupthink (more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink ) - and McClellan mentions a lot of things about Bush's administration that really point to this kind of stuff. It's pretty interesting, and I'm not making excuses for Bush since he is ultimately responsible, but I think he surrounded himself with some not-so-great advisers and ended up getting America into something too big to just back out of - and that's pretty much how we got stuck in Iraq. I definitely believe in finishing the job, but I hope democracy can work over there, and stay. Otherwise the soldiers who have died, have died in vain. I think our next President should work hard to use what has happened in Iraq to an advantage and try and bring peace and stability to the Middle East, regardless of how unpopular and costly the war has been.
The BS part of his book is really just the parts where he exaggerates his opinions and he basically points the finger at Bush the entire time, which I don't think is fair although the buck stops with him. I think just watching the interviews gives you a good idea on what the book is about, so that's why I'm not going to bother buying it. _________________
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I find it shocking that anybody needs an ex-cabinet member to tell them that Bush was using propoganda throughout his presidency to gain support for Iraq. _________________
So obviously this guy is gonna make millions on this book (hmm wonder why he wrote it), but after watching his interviews on TV, I think that half his book has some truth to it and the other half is BS.
Basically to sum it up in a nutshell, he says that Bush was misled by some unreliable information, but once they had gotten the idea because of intelligence sources that Iraq should be invaded because they were a possible threat, the focus of the administration was to sell the war. And McClellan said that's where Bush and his cabinet lost sight of things. He also described the President as someone who you don't want to stand up to. Once he's made a decision, the cabinet works it's hardest to carry it out in the best way they can. Bush is absolutely not the only president to run his administration this way - and it's more a subconscious thing that he may not even really realize that he's doing.
And believe it or not - there's a name for this phenomenon in decision-making groups that have a lot of power and a lot of pressure on their shoulders. Groupthink (more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink ) - and McClellan mentions a lot of things about Bush's administration that really point to this kind of stuff. It's pretty interesting, and I'm not making excuses for Bush since he is ultimately responsible, but I think he surrounded himself with some not-so-great advisers and ended up getting America into something too big to just back out of - and that's pretty much how we got stuck in Iraq. I definitely believe in finishing the job, but I hope democracy can work over there, and stay. Otherwise the soldiers who have died, have died in vain. I think our next President should work hard to use what has happened in Iraq to an advantage and try and bring peace and stability to the Middle East, regardless of how unpopular and costly the war has been.
The BS part of his book is really just the parts where he exaggerates his opinions and he basically points the finger at Bush the entire time, which I don't think is fair although the buck stops with him. I think just watching the interviews gives you a good idea on what the book is about, so that's why I'm not going to bother buying it.
i just bought this book and so far of what i have read it seems factual. but then again im only thrity pages in.. _________________
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