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The Legacy of the Bush Administration Leadership in Times of Trouble
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Democritus says: "I am neither for nor against war as a means. It has a time a place to be implemented. What is distressing is that this Bush administration has ignored the analysis, advice and plans by the U.S. military and various intelligence agencies and their expert leaders and personnel. In no other time in the U.S. history has so many intelligence and military officers resigned or spoken out in opposition to a president's administration's agenda and policies. Furthermore, reports by various news media and interviews with men on the ground in Afghanistan and in Iraq so often paint a completely different picture of what is happening over there than the views that the Bush administration tries to sell to the public. I have had to ask myself to which media is the Bush administration watching, listening or reading, because so much of what is reported by the top level politicians is so different from what is reported by the news media and our own military and intelligence people over there."
1.  Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terrors Trail by Philip G. Smucker
Democritus says:
  "U.S. Military were ordered to stay back in order to let Afghani militias engage Al Qaida in battle at Tora Bora.  The Afghani militias accepted bribes from the Al Qaida in exchange for allowing Bin Laden along with many other Al Qaida members a chance to escape.  Bush and other top level politicians denied that this event happened though it was widely televised in News including CNN."
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 (13)

2.  No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West
Democritus says:
  "The marines were ordered to lay siege to Falluja.
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez halted the siege after 3 days of pounding the city by Marines in order to create a Falluja Brigade.
Falluja recruits were mixing with insurgents and handed over uniforms, weapons +  radios + trucks provided by the U.S.  The Falluja brigade was disbanded.  But its former members were offered recruitment into the Iraqi army."
$16.50   Used & New from: $9.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars 105 (105)

3.  Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer
Democritus says:
  "A sobering perspective of  the enemy, mistakes made and mis-management of the war on terror by government employees more concerned with preserving their careers than performing their duties, the "do not rock the boat attitude" that goes along with working for the government.  Lots more to think about in this book that requires courage to also look inside oneself."
$12.21   Used & New from: $6.90
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 169 (169)

4.  First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan by Gary Schroen
Democritus says:
  "1 of the events in this book was reported in the media.  An armed drone spotted 2 men who got out of a vehicle.  Those monitoring scene from the drone thought it was Bin Laden + ordered an air strike on him.  No more was reported.  I could not find more information about whether it was Bin Laden on whom an air strike was ordered.  This book reveals that it was one of our own working with the CIA."
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Average Customer Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars 33 (33)

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5.  Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda by Sean Naylor
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Average Customer Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars 91 (91)

6.  Why We Fight DVD ~ John McCain
$14.99   Used & New from: $10.40
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 127 (127)

7.  Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers DVD ~ Alan Grayson
$12.99   Used & New from: $11.39
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 (74)

8.  Terrorstorm - A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism DVD ~ Alex Jones
Democritus says:
  "Attempts to refute the Bush Administration's reasons for going to war against Iraq.  Some good arguments in this video.  But some lack the extraordinary evidence required to support extraordinary claims.  "Uncovered - The War on Iraq" is a better video."
$9.99   Used & New from: $7.30
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 221 (221)

9.  State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward
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Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars 305 (305)

10.  BattleGround - 21 Days on the Empire's Edge DVD ~ Sgt. Robert Hollis
$13.99   Used & New from: $6.18
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 (6)

11.  Uncovered - The War on Iraq DVD ~ Robert Baer
Democritus says:
  "A group of many former military and intelligence officials with distinguished career records in service to the United States refute the Bush administration's reasons for going to war against Iraq."
$17.99   Used & New from: $7.85
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars 131 (131)

12.  Ambush Alley: The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War by Tim Pritchard
$17.13   Used & New from: $12.06
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 27 (27)

13.  Revolt on the Tigris: The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq by Mark Etherington
Democritus says:
  "Moqtada al Sadr, the trouble maker and murderer who was trapped twice by American forces only to be allowed to go free to incite rebellion again."
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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars 8 (8)

14.  Dear President Bush (Open Media Series2006) by Cindy Sheehan
Democritus says:
  "Cindy Sheehan's son was killed in a battle against Moqtada al Sadr.  Knowing that Moqtada al Sadr had been captured twice only to be set free to raise rebellion again,"
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Average Customer Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars 13 (13)

15.  Not One More Mother's Child by Cindy Sheehan
Democritus says:
  "Wouldn't you insist on an answer from Bush.  If Moqtada al Sadr was imprisoned or killed, the families of american soldiers killed in action would understand their sacrifice."
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Average Customer Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars 26 (26)

16.  Counterinsurgency Field Manual - U.S. Army Field Manual on Tactics, Intelligence, Host Nation Forces, Airpower - Petraeus and Amos (Ring-bound) by U.S. Army
$39.95

17.  Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq by Ahmed S. Hashim
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Average Customer Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars 5 (5)

18.  Inside the Resistance: The Iraqi Insurgency and the Future of the Middle East (Nation Books) by Zaki Chehab
$19.00   Used & New from: $1.93
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 out of 5 stars 12 (12)

19.  The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End by Peter W. Galbraith
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Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars 54 (54)

20.  State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration by James Risen
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Average Customer Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars 77 (77)

21.  Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 288 (288)

22.  House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 116 (116)

23.  Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer
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Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars 123 (123)

24.  Bush's Brain DVD ~ Chelle Lieseke Pokorney
Democritus says:
  "This video is about ruthless political tactics used by Karl Rove and George W Bush to destroy political competition, such as with slander and libel and other dirty tricks."
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Average Customer Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars 44 (44)

25.  Bush's Brain DVD ~ Jacques Vroom
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Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars 3 (3)

26.  Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco by David L. Phillips
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Average Customer Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars 13 (13)

27.  Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq by T. Christian Miller
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Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars 17 (17)

28.  Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq by Larry Diamond
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Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 29 (29)

29.  The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich
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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars 134 (134)

30.  Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security by Christopher Cooper
Democritus says:
  "The U.S. government did nothing to get poor + disabled residents of New Orleans out of the path of Katrina, 1 of the most powerful storms in U.S. history despite a few days of warning by the weather service.
Bush accepted responsibility for failure to respond to this emergency but also indicated that the U.S. government would not play a major part in rebuilding.  New Orleans must help itself."
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 13 (13)

31.  Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 23 (23)

32.  'Unacceptable': The Federal Government's Response to Hurricane Katrina by Walter M. Brasch
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Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 (5)

33.  Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism by Dick Couch
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Average Customer Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars 28 (28)

34.  Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Eric Haney
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Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars 138 (138)

35.  The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 235 (235)

36.  The Myth of Homeland Security by Marcus Ranum
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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars 23 (23)

37.  Cochise County USA - Cries from the Border (2005) DVD ~ Mercedes Maharis
Democritus says:
  "A must see documentary about the illegal invasions from Mexico."
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Average Customer Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars 18 (18)

38.  Border War: The Battle over Illegal Immigration DVD ~ Citizens United
Democritus says:
  "Border invasion and illegal immigration captured on video from several different perspectives.  A must see documentary."
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Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 7 (7)

39.  Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border by Jon E. Dougherty
Democritus says:
  "This is an excellent primer for anyone who wants a broad view of the issues around illegal immigration and border invasion from Mexico.  A must read."
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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars 8 (8)

40.  Unguarded Gates: A History of America's Immigration Crisis by Otis L. Graham Jr.
$21.95   Used & New from: $8.18
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 (5)


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