Any nut off the street can write a book that claims Bush should be tried for murder. But Vincent Bugliosi is no nut -- he's a respected criminal prosecuter and author of several well researched, well received books.
Vincent Bugliosi is pissed, and he does not mince words in this scathing indictment of George W. Bush. He admits to being a democrat, but lays out his "case" with rational, fact-based arguments. He lists HOW a state's attorney general would bring a case to court, how he would survive a grand jury, and specifically how he would try it. It is damning and effective.
Maybe this is where I should state that I am a Republican and have never voted for a Democrat in my life. So dismissing my comments as those of an angry liberal aren't going to hold water. This isn't about politics, right vs. left, blue vs. red. It's about being an American, and deciding on what we believe in. If you read this book and still fail to believe that George Bush LIED to us and COVERED UP many of those lies, than you need to get your head out of the sand.
George Bush is responsible for the deaths of our soldiers who died in Iraq. Period. If you don't believe me, read the book. Then tell me that you aren't bothered by everything that has happened. Iraq has never been a direct threat to the people of the United States. There was a time when we only fought when we were attacked. The threat of attack was the absolute minimum justification for going to war. Bugliosi clearly lays out the reasons we went to war, and I guarantee you if we knew now what we were lied to then, we would have risin up collectively and not allowed this to happen. At least I hope we wouldn't have. I'm not sure enough of us are smart enough, or determined enough, to get off the couch and do anything about things like this, but I'd like to believe we would.
We need to change some things to be a good country again. We need to change things to be good Republicans again, too. I don't recognize this party as the party I grew up with and supported, and the first step to changing this is by holding those accountable who have done so much damage to our standing in this world, as well as to the military families who have suffered so much to fight in Bush's war.
This book will really fire you up, regardless if you come from the left side or the right. If you have the capacity for critical thought, it will inspire you to AT LEAST investigate the claims further.
As a final note, don't stop reading when you get to the end of the text. The author includes 75 pages of notes that are just as good (and sometimes better) than the original manuscript.
My only criticism (and it's small), is that Bugliosi claims a few too many times that his premise is "not open for debate," or "undisputable facts," etc. At times, they are. Often, he says that about something that is clearly debatable. While I may agree with what he is saying, there are things that are clearly open to debate. When he does this, I feel he loses some of his effectiveness. But, taken as a whole, the book is extremely effective.
