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Publisher: Vanguard Press
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Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career. In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence that President Bush took this nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses—a war that has not only caused the deaths of American soldiers but also over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women, and children; cost the United States over one trillion dollars thus far with no end in sight; and alienated many American allies in the Western world. As a prosecutor who is dedicated to seeking justice, Bugliosi, in his inimitable style, delivers a non-partisan argument, free from party lines and instead based upon hard facts and pure objectivity. A searing indictment of the President and his administration, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder also outlines a legally credible pathway to holding our highest government officials accountable for their actions, thereby creating a framework for future occupants of the oval office. Vincent Bugliosi calls for the United States of America to return to the great nation it once was and can be again. He believes the first step to achieving this goal is to bring those responsible for the war in Iraq to justice.
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| Bugloisi makes interesting case that will neve reach courtroom. |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Very detailed prosecution case with overwhelming justification for prosecution.
I like Bugliosi's writing and previous books, but this one seems a bit overdone. Just the opion of a lay person.
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| Very important, very disturbing... |
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This indictment of ex-President Bush, published early last year, is the most disturbing book I've read in a very long time. Vincent Bugliosi is a celebrated former L.A. prosecutor (he got the Charles Manson "family" convicted) and the author of numerous books, including an exhaustive study of the Warren Report and the JFK assassination (conclusion: the Commission got it right).
Bugliosi quotes extensively from news reports and the 9/11 Commission to show first that the Bush administration cavalierly ignored nearly eight months of increasingly alarming CIA warnings about an Al Qaeda attack. One CIA memo suggested that an attack might involve hijacked airliners and target New York; another warned of "calamitous" effects.
Bugliosi also argues that the invasion of Afghanistan was mishandled from the start. Evidence: for the first several months, the Administration relied on local warlords rather than on the U.S. military to catch Bin Laden. According to at least one of them, Bin Laden paid more and so was allowed to escape.
But the heart of the book is Bugliosi's argument that the Bush Administration lied, knowingly and repeatedly, to Congress and the American people about the supposed threat presented by Saddam Hussein. It also pressured the CIA to justify an attack on Iraq. The Administration thus falsely led them into a war for no rational defensive purpose. Furthermore, postwar policy was so miserably planned as to virtually insure the chaos that occurred.
Just one of the numerous "smoking guns" that Bugliosi presents (all were reported earlier in the media): when the Senate Intelligence Committee requested a declassified version of the CIA report on Hussein that could be released to the public, the White House version erased (among all expressions of uncertainty about Hussein's presumed arsenal) the paragraph explicitly stating the Agency's belief that Hussein even with WMD, would not attack the United States unless he believed a U.S. invasion was imminent.
Yet the White House insisted that Saddam could attack "any day" and that war was an "urgent" necessity.
That's just one example. The British intelligence memo that U.S. policy seemed to be based on justifying war no matter what the evidence is another. Bush's false claim in his State of the Union address that Hussein had tried to get uranium from Africa is a third. Wisely, Bugliosi refrains from speculating on why Bush was so bent on war with Iraq (though the kindest explanation is that he mostly wanted to fight and win a war against a bad guy). He rejects the idea that 9/11 was an "inside job." The accusation of "murder" comes from the evidence that Bush knowingly misled the country into war for no good reason, despite positive knowledge that it would cause thousands of American deaths.
Bugliosi unfortunately wastes many early pages on sarcastic judgments of Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rove that hardly bear on his case. The photo section, which contrasts pictures of suffering with photos of George Bush laughing and celebrating at various social events during the war's darkest days is a cheap shot. The final chapter, which castigates the public and for its short attention span and passivity, won't win the author too many friends despite its probable accuracy.
However, the facts in this book will not go away and it seems impossible to explain them away.
As an independent voter who originally supported John McCain, I give Bugliosi's book five stars for bringing the record together and in spite of the angry sarcasm of its presentation. On the other hand, it seems that we all have plenty to be angry about.
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| You got to be kidding |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This book shows all that is wrong with America. First, I am independent and often find both parties corrupt and self serving. Yes, we have the freedom of speech but to write what is clearly biased and bitter and then have all the sheep believe it is offensive. NO ONE ELSE SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK. If you want one to pass around, I will give you the one I wasted money on. Naive people believe threads of emails, entertainers wanting money posing a journalists on TV and the more sophisticated book authors. Get a brain and think for yourself instead of letting someone think for you. There was NO 9/11 conspiracy with the U.S. Government no matter how much money Michael Moore makes saying so. 9/11 was a vicious act by terrorists who hate America. I am sorry I wasted my time to read this lousy book.
This is as bad as the emails floating the Obama was not born in the U.S. despite the Hawaii Sec of State verifying the birth certificate, the fact that Obama's education in Indonesia could not void his American citizenship and Glenn Beck openly lied about visits to the [...] would site would download all your computer information to the government.
George Bush was right on Afghanistan, he just didn't finish. He might have been right on Iraq. He protected us against more domestic terrorism on both counts. He was wrong with Paulsen on the economy. One big reason that America will never win another war outright is our concern for "innocent" civilians. Since Korea, we worry about killing anyone without a gun so our enemies just go hide in the civilian population. We saw in the real wars that you must beat a nation down to get them to surrender and alas, that might include civilian who tolerate bad people.
This guy is after money....that is all....money...create a false fictional story based on facts so it is believable, print it and collect money.....greed. No different that Goldman Sachs.
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS BOOK
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| Not a dispassionate study!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Having read the concise and compelling book by Michael Haas called "George W. Bush, War Criminal?" (Greenwood Publishing Press), which lists 269 war crimes attributable to George W. Bush's in connection with the torture used by American Forces in connection with Iraq and Afghanistan, I came to this book "The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder" by Vincent Bugliosi.
The difference in presentation is striking. Part One called "Opening One's Eyes" is an emotional rant by an author, so obviously disgusted and shamed by the actions of his "elected" leader. I assumed this book would be more of a dispassionate analysis of the evidence that could make a valid case in proving Bush's direct responsibility for the murder of American soldiers in Iraq.
I can see Bugliosi's objective. He is speaking impassionedly to a "jury" of Americans he believes to be gullible sheep. The problem is that indisputable facts are drowned in his emotional rhetoric.
Bugliosi lists many examples of George Bush's apparent disregard for the American soldiers fighting and dying in Iraq. The most disturbing being the lack of support given by Bush and his super-rich friends in protecting American soldiers by way of body armour and military armoured vehicles.
In my estimation Bugliosi fails to cite one of Bush's most callous and sickening admissions by declaring that out of solidarity with those Americans that had been killed in Iraq that he decided to make his own sacrifice: giving up golf.
Bush said, "I don't want some Mum, whose son may have recently died to see the Commander in Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as.....you know to....to be in solidarity as best I can with them, you know and I think playing golf, during a war sends the wrong signal." (7 May 2008)
Also Bugliosi lists what he feels are examples of George Bush "not loving America". This is an irrelevant argument and hardly provable in court. Again Bugliosi fails to mention one of the most striking and disgraceful examples that supports his own opinion.
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and dead bodies were floating down the streets, George Bush took the time to play golf at the El Pueblo Mirage RV and Golf Resort (29 August). The Whitehouse claims he was at the golf resort to promote Medicare Drug Benefit. If we are to believe the Whitehouse, Bush still had time to play guitar with a country singer and return to Crawford, Texas to finish his vacation (30 August). The following day he boarded Air Force One to view the devastation (August 31).
On September 1st 2005 Bush repeated some hauntingly familiar words, he said "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." Former FEMA Director Michael Brown told CNN, "the president knew from our earlier conversations that that was one of my concerns, that the levees could actually breach."
In Chapter 4 the rhetoric calms down as the case for the prosecution is put forward. Still Bugliosi cannot resist adding his own comments in brackets within sentences that contain fact.
The main argument that George W. Bush is indeed a murderer, is based on and I quote directly from the book that "The doctrine of the innocent agent... allows a defendant not present at the commission of the crime to be convicted as a principal" etc
I assume this means that as American soldiers were sent to fight in a war that was instigated on an outright lie and those that have died have done so needlessly due to the deceitful and dishonest actions of George Bush, he is in fact culpable for their deaths.
I can see the obvious guilt of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove and Rice etc. Not just in this disturbing case but many others. They are a shameful murderous bunch and should be behind bars but I am absolutely sure they will never be held accountable for their criminal actions. They are establishment and being so, protected. As power and wealth are consolidated and the voices of the masses are ignored or silenced, the less chance there will be to hold accountable any of the affluent establishment for criminal activity.
With Barack Obama now in "power" many assume that Government will change for the better but Obama has said he wants to focus on the future rather than litigate the past. Concerning torture perpetrated under the auspices of the pervious administration he said it is a "time for reflection, not retribution."
Yet it is imperative for Americans to examine unflinchingly the ugly truths of their recent past so that they may face their future with a clear conscience. Vincent Bugliosi has taken that step.
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| A good overview |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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This book didn't present any new information but did provide an overview of all of the transgressions of George W. Bush. It is somewhat typical Bugliosi: Slightly sensational but interesting nonetheless. Katherine Schoenhals
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