Biographer Blasts George W. Bush for Going to War in Iraq
Biographer Blasts George W. Bush for Going to War in Iraq The successes of George W. Bush's two terms as president were vastly overshadowed by the invasion of Iraq, a horrendous decision that sprung from gut instinct and defied reasoned analysis, an acclaimed historian concludes in "Bush," a comprehensive biography that pulls no punches. In what Jean Edward Smith calls a “blunder of historic proportions,'' Bush took down Saddam Hussein in a war predicated on baseless claims that he was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, and then compounded the error by attempting to bring Western-style democracy to Iraq. “Whether George W. Bush was the worst president in American history will be long debated,'' the author concludes, “but his decision to invade Iraq is easily the worst foreign policy decision ever made by an American president.'' The 43rd president took office when the nation enjoyed a budget surplus, low unemployment and a decade in which...