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What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles

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As the publisher of The Iraq War Blog, An Iraqi Family's Inside View of the First Year of the Occupation, I was absolutely amazed at the accuracy of Mr. Weinberger's perceptions of the Bush administration, it's cabal of evildoers, and the true conditions surrounding the war in Iraq. I am currently working on a book on the Bush administration and in the past three years, I have read nearly 200 books, and countless magazine articles and stories, and I must say, with all due apologies to other authors, that What Happened Here is the best book I have read in this genre. The simplicity and emotion with which Mr. Weinberger has detailed his observations are what make this book what it is: a great piece of literature that must be read by everyone, everywhere.

This book reminds me of the scams involved particularly in US politics.
We all now live under the threat of misled religious fanatics deciding that killing others will convert the rest of us to their cause.
How dopey.
The book is poorly produced and over priced by the time postage is added

I read Weinbeger on Sontag and found his review of her work -- irritating and actually quite bitchy. I'm not some great fan of hers -- but just found his NYR overview of her oeuvre a most appalling example of self referential bitchiness masking as brilliant insider insight. I googled him and found out that -- surprise -- he wrote that very elegant essay against the US invasion of Iraq. So I ponder how to square the two Elitots....