I've been reading the recent Washington Post accounts of Bob Woodward's new book.
I have to say, I don't think it will be that helpful. There are the "bombshell revelations" of course, designed to draw interest in the book. These include whether Powell and Cheney are on speaking terms, and the question of when the decision to go to war was made (Jan 2003 if you believe Woodward). In a better world, of course, the money taken from Afghanistan appropriations to pay for Iraq war planning would completely sink Bush, but I've lost faith that anything will ever stick to him.
The filler between the bombshells, though, looks like it is trying to paint Bush in a sympathetic light. Cheney gets hauled down a few notches, but Bush comes out looking like a reasonable and thoughtful man.
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