WASHINGTON — Bob Woodward, who wrote two books praising President Bush and then a third harshly criticizing him, is out with a fourth tome that renders a mixed verdict on Bush, lauding the president’s surge of troops into Iraq, but saying "too often he failed to lead."
At 487 pages, "The War Within" is the fourth installment in Woodward’s series of books on the president. Its release is embargoed until Monday, although an advance copy was obtained exclusively by FOX News.
The new book is less critical than Woodward’s last tome, "State of Denial," which savaged Bush for his execution of the war in Iraq. "Denial" ended with the line: "With all Bush’s upbeat talk and optimism, he had not told the American public the truth about what Iraq had become."
Woodward repeats the line in his new book, adding: "My reporting for this book showed that to be even more the case than I could have imagined."
Bush refused to grant an interview to Woodward for "Denial," but gave the author several interviews for "War Within." Such increased access did not seem to improve Woodward’s opinion of Bush.
"President Bush has rarely leveled with the public to explain what he was doing and what should be expected," wrote Woodward, an assistant managing editor at the Washington Post, in "War Within." "He did not seek sacrifice from most of the country when he had the chance. He did not even mobilize his own party. Republicans often voiced as much suspicion and distrust as Democrats. The president was rarely the voice of realism on the Iraq war."

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Do you agree with woodard?

Explain.......

You stupid idiots, Woodward is a governor. geeezz

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Bush is just an idiot doing whatever his friends tell him. He makes Reagan look like math professor. But he has "small time values" which are quite good . . . whatever they are.

Interesting question. I joined in the so-far unanimous vote in the affirmative.

Here's a similar one with a bit more meat:
Did Bush simply fail to lead America, or did Bush actually lead America to failure?