.What I expect from a memoir or autobiography is for the writer to show some introspection and thoughtful consideration of the past events he's writing about. That's not happening in bush's book and I'm almost at the end. He doesn't seem to have the ability to examine his life and decisions more than superficially, and he's far too ready to protect his image as a "decider" because he of his fears that the American people will see him as wishy-washy.
Then I can understand you disappointment....you bought a documentry and expected to find a cookbook with recipe reviews....your mistake.
The book is not meant to be his memoirs or an autobiography.
The book is not meant for introspection or second guessing past events...
The book IS to give the reader an understanding of his decisions and WHY he made the choices he did...
What facts were presented to him and what data was known or believed to be the truth as far as domestic and foreign intelligence sources presented.
What foreign leaders thought about the issues.
What our allies thought about the issues.
What the UN was voting on,(with unanimous results, I might add)
What thoughts were presented to him by both Democrats and Republicans in congress.
A behind the scenes look at how events transpired in real time (as opposed to time in your fantasy world and TV world of fast food)
And "his fears that the American people will see him as wishy-washy. ?
I guess after Carter and Clinton you more accustomed to leaders reluctant to lead and can't make decisions....
Thats not the kind of leader I want in the White House.
Obviously, you ignored all those fine points being made or just choose not to believe any of it if it didn't fit your koolade soaked brain....
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That you can claim, no doubt with a straight face, that he doesn't come across as a hothead is just laughable.
"My first reaction was outrage. Someone had dared attack America. They were going to pay."
"My blood was boiling. We were going to find out who did this, and kick their ass."
"George Tenet asked if he had permission to use enhance interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed... Damn right, I said."
"Where the hell is Ashcroft?, I asked... I went to bed irritated and had a feeling I didn't know the whole story..."
"I was disappointed in the Times and angry at whoever had betrayed their country by leaking the story..."
And on and on and on, whenever he's crossed he responds with anger and impatience.
You don't feel that 99% of the American people were not outraged by 9/11?
You don't imagine that 99% of the American people didn't want to"kick ass" on those that were responsible?
Did Bush's use of the words, " Damn right" offend you or did you consider those words "over the top" in some way?
You've never been irritated or disappointed?
You wouldn't be angry if some in your own country were betraying secrets to the enemy in wartime....
Or maybe you've never considered 9/11 an act of war against us....
He reacted just as I would expect EVERY patriotic American to react...(except for pinheads.)
FYI I don't hate the man and never did. What I hated was his style of governing and how it divided the country the way it did. His "us or them" mentality; his eagerness to paint dissenters as "unAmerican" or "traitors". His "my way or the highway" mindset.
And of course it never bothered you when President Obama in trying to inspire his constituents advised them to “punish our enemies and reward our friends,” encouraging a similar kind of “thugocracy” we have seen with labor unions.
The ENEMIES being their fellow citizens rather than foreign terrorists.
Bush rightly expected loyalty and a coming together from the citizens while Obama is the one actually the one dividing the country....
He's a wealthy, spoiled underachiever who never learned that you can persuade people easier if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you use confrontation and conflict. Then, after eight years of crappy decision-making, he states the worst moment of his presidency was Kanye West calling him a racist. What a complete and total narcissist, blood on his hands from thousands of American, Afghan and Iraqi deaths but he's whining over the words of a rapper. I'm sure all of our "enemies" are falling over laughing at this.
I'm positive Muslim terrorists, and those that hate America agree with you 100%....and there is nothing quite so infuriating as being unfairly labeled a racist ...you're certainly entitled to your opinion as are all of us....
What's really hilarious is your calling me partisan and close-minded. Every post you've made on this topic shows your own complete inability to read the book with an open mind. You haven't offered criticism because apparently you think everything the man did was hunky dory. You have no more believability than Hannity, Beck or the rest of the nuts you rely on to spread the RW gospel.
I'm not inclined to second guess his decisions(or any Presidents decisions), not being privy to ALL of the facts, intelligence, and advice he got....whether they were right or wrong remains for history to determine...
As near as I can tell, Bush didn't do enough to wipe out Muslim terrorists throughout the world....war to me is not giving the enemy lawyers and trials....
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