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5 BUSH “COULDN’T POSSIBLY” HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE IN HANDLING THE WAR ON TERRORISM
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LTHOUGH THE HEART OF THIS BOOK lies in the two
Prosecution of George Bush for Murder chapters, I feel I cannot possibly leave the subject of George Bush without offering an indictment of his conduct of the war on terrorism. This is an easy transition because the two subjects, after all, are closely linked. And Bush’s conduct in the war on terrorism has been not only completely consistent with that which is set forth in the two prosecution chapters, but it fortifies all the conclusions I have drawn about Bush in these two chapters. The only American who has even come close to George Bush in profiting from and exploiting 9/11 is former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. But Bush exceeds even Giuliani. After all, Bush made 9/11 and his response to it the “centerpiece” of his campaign for 171
