The Disasters Non-Decision Decisions Can Make: George Packer Reviews Bush’s Memoir
George Packer, master critic and writer, dissects Bush’s Decision Points. The last paragraph from the review:
Bush ends “Decision Points” with the sanguine thought that history’s verdict on his Presidency will come only after his death. During his years in office, two wars turned into needless disasters, and the freedom agenda created such deep cynicism around the world that the word itself was spoiled. In America, the gap between the rich few and the vast majority widened dramatically, contributing to a historic financial crisis and an ongoing recession; the poisoning of the atmosphere continued unabated; and the Constitution had less and less say over the exercise of executive power. Whatever the judgments of historians, these will remain foregone conclusions.The American people better soon get their heads around the fact that Sarah Palin is cut from the same cloth, regardless of her non-Ivy education and down home ways. Or else come 2012 we’re all looking at a repeat of the same failed plans and policies of the years preceding Obama’s presidency—and likely much worse.
