If you ever want to know the inside story of the American President George Bush the Son, Read Bob Woodward's series. "Bush at War", "Plan of Attack" and "State of Denial". They take you inside the White House with One on One interviews with ALL the key players.
Conclusion: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were terrible mistakes. We blew up the wrong countries. Millions of people protested against these wars before they happened but Bush ignored all facts and invaded. Over a million people died including 5,000 American soldiers during the war and even more due to soldier suicide.
Since 1945, ALL wars have been Marketing Frauds designed to Generate Corporate Profits. Remember: Never Volunteer for the Military, Your PTSD can Last for Decades. Actually Committing Murder Just tears a person up inside.
A couple of things I learned from these books.
1. No one ever invades a country that has Nuclear Weapons. That is why we invaded Afghanistan as it is a country near where Osama bin Laden lived. We could not invade Pakistan as they have Nuclear Weapons. However, by invading Afghanistan we could build military safe locations to house soldiers that were doing clandestine raids into Pakistan. Eventually, one of those raids was successful and we killed Osama bin Laden.
2. By having a Presidential daily briefing with the Director of the CIA, the intelligence community was influenced to find what the President WANTED to find, NOT actual reality. Tenet was to find AN EXCUSE to invade Iraq. Supposedly, Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bush used that false intel to sell the War in Iraq to the US Congress and the American people. Reality? Iraq had no WMD, no ties to Al-Qaeda and nothing at all to do with 9/11. However, Cheney saw the invasion as a great opportunity to sell goods and services to the US Government through his corporation Halliburton. It's true that over 5,000 American soldiers died for nothing but Cheney's company made a great profit.
They Say History is Written by the Victors. Well, They Are Wrong. Actually, History is written by Bob Woodward.
http://bobwoodward.com/
http://bobwoodward.com/category/books
Conclusion: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were terrible mistakes. We blew up the wrong countries. Millions of people protested against these wars before they happened but Bush ignored all facts and invaded. Over a million people died including 5,000 American soldiers during the war and even more due to soldier suicide.
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| The "Mission" is to sell weapons. |
A couple of things I learned from these books.
1. No one ever invades a country that has Nuclear Weapons. That is why we invaded Afghanistan as it is a country near where Osama bin Laden lived. We could not invade Pakistan as they have Nuclear Weapons. However, by invading Afghanistan we could build military safe locations to house soldiers that were doing clandestine raids into Pakistan. Eventually, one of those raids was successful and we killed Osama bin Laden.
2. By having a Presidential daily briefing with the Director of the CIA, the intelligence community was influenced to find what the President WANTED to find, NOT actual reality. Tenet was to find AN EXCUSE to invade Iraq. Supposedly, Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bush used that false intel to sell the War in Iraq to the US Congress and the American people. Reality? Iraq had no WMD, no ties to Al-Qaeda and nothing at all to do with 9/11. However, Cheney saw the invasion as a great opportunity to sell goods and services to the US Government through his corporation Halliburton. It's true that over 5,000 American soldiers died for nothing but Cheney's company made a great profit.
They Say History is Written by the Victors. Well, They Are Wrong. Actually, History is written by Bob Woodward.
http://bobwoodward.com/
http://bobwoodward.com/category/books
He wrote many other biographies... Clinton, Obama, Central Intelligence Agency Director William J. Casey, John Belushi and Nixon.
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