Scott McClellan Book on The Selling of The Iraqi War and The George W Adminstration
It fascinating book which supposes to unravel lot of history of the most secretive part of American history that lead directly to the brutal Iraqi war. Scott McClellan the former White House Press Secretary is trying to the pieces of the juggle puzzle together in breath taking way.
About Scott McClellan born in 1968,
a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin,
McClellan became White House Deputy Press Secretary in 2003 - 2006.
His recent sizzling book, published in the spring of 2008 is entitled:
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.
The White House reaction is calling Scott McClellan book "Sour Grapes" and a "Puzzle".
From the National Review On-Line
Scott McClellan makes much of the administration’s emphasis on weapons of mass destruction prior to the war, as opposed to Bush’s desire to transform the Middle East, which wouldn’t have been as palatable to the public. This is an odd sort of supposedly damning charge: that Bush was secretly more idealistic than he let on in public. But the two rationales for the war weren’t mutually exclusive, and Bush talked about the importance of a democratic transformation in the Middle East as well as the dangers of Saddam, even if the emphasis was (appropriately) on the latter.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODdiMzcxZTc5YWQ2NjgwNjJkNDA0YmZhZWUzZTc0YWM=
"Some Bush defenders, including former press secretary Ari Fleischer, [suggested] that McClellan may have had a ghostwriter or undergone heavy-handed editing." Washington Post, May 30
"McCellan's publisher, Peter Osnos, denies that a ghostwriter worked over McClellan's draft." Slate, May 28
If anything, the national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq. ... In this case, the "liberal media" didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served. [Pages 156-157]
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200806030001?f=h_top
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/mcclellan.book/index.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121199965188526805.html?mod=fox_australian
About Scott McClellan born in 1968,
a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin,
McClellan became White House Deputy Press Secretary in 2003 - 2006.
His recent sizzling book, published in the spring of 2008 is entitled:
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.
The White House reaction is calling Scott McClellan book "Sour Grapes" and a "Puzzle".
From the National Review On-Line
Scott McClellan makes much of the administration’s emphasis on weapons of mass destruction prior to the war, as opposed to Bush’s desire to transform the Middle East, which wouldn’t have been as palatable to the public. This is an odd sort of supposedly damning charge: that Bush was secretly more idealistic than he let on in public. But the two rationales for the war weren’t mutually exclusive, and Bush talked about the importance of a democratic transformation in the Middle East as well as the dangers of Saddam, even if the emphasis was (appropriately) on the latter.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODdiMzcxZTc5YWQ2NjgwNjJkNDA0YmZhZWUzZTc0YWM=
"Some Bush defenders, including former press secretary Ari Fleischer, [suggested] that McClellan may have had a ghostwriter or undergone heavy-handed editing." Washington Post, May 30
"McCellan's publisher, Peter Osnos, denies that a ghostwriter worked over McClellan's draft." Slate, May 28
If anything, the national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq. ... In this case, the "liberal media" didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served. [Pages 156-157]
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200806030001?f=h_top
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/mcclellan.book/index.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121199965188526805.html?mod=fox_australian
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