Read the rest - nothing new we didn't already know, but it's a bit jarring to be reminded how easy it is to forget just how bad that horrid little man really was.History is likely to judge Bush most harshly for two things in particular: Launching a war against a country that had not attacked us, and approving the use of cruel and inhumane interrogation techniques.
And that's why the two most essential lies -- among the many -- in his new memoir are that he had a legitimate reason to invade Iraq, and that he had a legitimate reason to torture detainees.
Neither is remotely true. But Bush must figure that if he keeps making the case for himself -- particularly if it goes largely unrebutted by the traditional media, as it has thus far -- then perhaps he can blunt history's verdict.
Late update: Lionel Barber was one of four experts who briefed Dubbya before his first trip to Europe, when Boy Wonder announced his plan to "look into Putin's soul." His own review of Dubbya's ghost-written book is sober, measured, respectful - but he cannot help but conclude:
The more likely judgment is that Bush's two terms marked the moment when US power peaked and over-reached, with execrable consequences.
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