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Willful Blindness: The Bush Administration and Iraq

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Basing her information on interviews with individuals throughout the Middle East, Trudy Rubin is not an armchair pundit. In addition to her most intelligent analysis, there is a sense of danger, as a reader follows her boldly foraging in Iraq. Her knowledge of the people and places in the Middle East imbue her writing with solid, factual common sense. Both candidates would do well to read through this book.

This is the book for all of us looking for a clear explanation of what is really happening in Iraq, why it is happening, and what can be done about it. Journalist Trudy Rubin succinctly describes how the Bush administration's illusions got the US into this occupation, why there is an anti-American insurgency, and why reconstruction of Iraq is going so badly. "Willful Blindness" is a commentary on the Bush administration, but it is also a useful guide for every American no matter how the election goes in November.

An excellent review of where we went wrong in Iraq, and might have avoided if we had our eyes open to available information. People looking to see which candidate might solve this problem must read this book; they will gain tremendous insight.

Trudy Rubin's riveting insights into the how's, why's, and when's of the misguided and lethal war in Iraq. It should be a companion piece to Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command" in the home of any informed citizen. Written with the swift clarity of excellent journalism.

In reading this book....it didn't take long to discover that Trudy's irrational hatred of Bush and his Administration has caused her to go "willfully blind" towards the facts. After seeing that she is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, I also checked out a few of her articles there. Conclusion: Trudy is an irredeemably liberal fruitcake, whose worldview does not put a premimium on the truth and wouldn't know what a fact was if it bit her in the behind.

I would encourage everyone that has time to waste to read this book...If you can't see through this nonsense, I would seriously suggest that you seek professional help. On a positive note....the book is still selling for about $2.00 on Amazon....simpy AMAZING...since it lacks the value of a wooden nickel. I think you get the point...

Trudy Rubin is a Philadelphia columnist and incorrigible far-leftwinger, who has railed against the Bush administration from day one with a single-mindedness amounting to monomania. Her willful hatred of Republicans, especially Bush, is made clear by her book cover, on which she defaces the president's image, symbolically decapitating him. She and other lefties are so blinded by their partisan rage that they resort to these kinds of immature temper tantrums; it's not enough to criticize Bush, let's deface his photograph! Other examples of this silliness are evident on books by Jim Hightower (Bush defaced to look like devil) and Paul Krugman (Bush defaced to look like Frankenstein's monster).

This book is unserious and pure partisan junk. If you despise Bush, conservatives, and Israel, you will love Trudy Rubin and her predictably fanatical rants. Look for thoughtful analysis elsewhere.