Kok nggak bisa ya? On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Jodhi-yahoo <[email protected]>wrote:
> [img]http://www.al3ez.net/upload/d/sahm2007_51YAKSND9TL.jpg[/img] > > Plan of Attack > By Bob Woodward > Simon & Schuster > Pages: 480 > 2004-10 > ISBN: 0743255488 > 1.72 MB > pdf > > The 2003 American invasion of Iraq was contentious, not just in the > arena of global public opinion, but within the tight-lipped world of the > George W. Bush White House. As Bob Woodward reveals in Plan of Attack, > Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were > part of a group leading the charge to war while Secretary of State Colin > Powell, General Tommy Franks, and others actively questioned the plan to > invade a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks while war > in Afghanistan was still being waged. > > Woodward gained extensive access to dozens of key figures and enjoyed > hours of direct contact with the President himself (more time, > seemingly, than former Bush administration officials Richard Clarke and > Paul O'Neill claim to have had). As a result, he's able to cite the kind > of gossip you won't find in a White House press release: > > Franks calls Pentagon official Douglas Feith "the f*cking stupidest guy > on the face of the earth," Powell shares his alarm over how the cautious > Cheney of the first Bush administration had transformed into a zealot, > and Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar seems to enjoy significantly more > entrée and influence than most anyone would have thought. > > Bush is shown as a man intent on toppling Saddam Hussein in the > immediate aftermath of 9/11 and never really wavering in his decision > despite offering hints that non-military solutions could be achieved. > Light is also shed on CIA director George Tenet, who insists that the > evidence that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction was "a slam dunk" > only to later admit that his intelligence was flawed when months of > post-war searches turned up nothing. But the most interesting character > is Powell. > > A former soldier himself, who finds himself increasingly at odds with > the agenda of the administration, Powell rejects evidence on WMDs that > he sees as spurious but ultimately endorses the invasion effort, > apparently out of duty. Upon its publication, the Bush administration > roundly denied many of the accounts in the book that demonstrated > conflict within their circles, poor judgment, or lousy planning, but the > Bush/Cheney reelection campaign nonetheless listed Plan of Attack as > recommended reading. And it is. It shows alarming problems in the way > the war was conceived and planned, but it also demonstrates the > tremendous conviction and dedication of the people who decided to carry > it out. > > Download: 1.72 MB > > yxxp://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile/2931640/PlanofAttack.rar.html > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://asia.messenger.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
