Train's Pick of the Week:

Last night I sat a gasp reading "State of Denial" the third book of Bob Woodward’s “Bush at War” trilogy. Not That I really shouldn’t have know what was going to be in the book. Since I believe most of the American public has a little idea of what goes on in the Nation’s Capital. Thought the first two books really felt like a nice brown nose job by Woodward who is pretty much one of the most influential and talented news men in the game. This book is going to be a real page turner. Every page reads like tragic comedies expect this comedy leads to loss of life and destabilization of an entire region. It was disturbing to read just how reckless Donald Rumsfeld and the majority of the Bush White House are. Woodward paints a portrait of a dysfunctional family on a grand scale. You have the bullheaded Rummy and the whinny Condi Rice. Colin Powell has the only legit brain power in the bunch and we know what happened to him. The President comes off as just plain deer in headlights crazy and folksy to boot.

If you are curious at in the Iraq War of the War on Terror in general I recommend you pick up this book.

Here is an excerpt from Bob Woodward’s Book “State of Denial”:

“Three terrible mistakes,” Garner said. He cited the extent of the de-Baathification, getting rid of the army, and summarily dumping the Iraqi leadership group. Disbanding the military had been the biggest mistake. Now there were hundreds of thousands of disorganized, unemployed, armed Iraqis running around. Garner made his final point: “There’s still time to rectify this. There’s still time to turn it around.”

Rumsfeld looked at Garner for a moment with his take-no-prisoners gaze. “Well,” he said, “I don’t think there is anything we can do, because we are where we are."

Rumsfeld and Garner went to the White House to see Bush. It was Garner’s second time with the president. “Mr. President, let me tell you a couple of stories,” Garner said. Describing meetings with Iraqis, Garner painted a positive picture. “I’d get ready to leave,” Garner said, “and this is true—as I leave they’re all thumbs-up and they’d say, ‘God bless Mr. George Bush and Mr. Tony Blair. Thank you for taking away Saddam Hussein.’ That was in 70 meetings. That always was the final response.”

“Oh, that’s good,” Bush said.

On the way out, Bush slapped Garner on the back. “Hey Jay, you want to do Iran?”