State of Denial
October 2, 2006 -
The big news story in the U.S. media is Bob Woodward’s book that is heavily critical of the Bush Administrations handling of the Iraqi war called “State of Denial”. In the book, according to an advanced preview by the New York Times, Woodward accuses the Bush administration of repeatedly misleading the American public regarding the real levels of violence in Iraq. Woodward alleges that the Bush Administration has been saying one thing privately, but an entirely different thing publicly when it comes to the situation in Iraq.
What makes this book especially troublesome for the Bush Administration is that Woodward’s first book in this trilogy, simply titled “Bush at War” cast the Bush Administration in such a favorable light, that during the last election campaign, the official Bush-Cheney campaign website actually featured Woodward’s book, lauding it as the definitive account about the Iraqi war. Read more …
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