Bob Woodward’s book, "Bush at War", written with the help of the White House, made George W. Bush look like a hero for doing what any President would do in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
So the President helped Woodward write his new book, too.
I gather that "Plan of Attack" makes it perfectly clear that Bush had a thing about Iraq before 9/11 and started planning the preemptive attack on Iraq shortly after 9/11. This confirms what former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill told us. It suggests, too, that Richard Clarke was accurate in saying the White House had its eye on Saddam Hussein, not al Qaeda.
So why isn’t the White House raging mad at Woodward?
I have now read two or three articles suggesting it’s because Woodward once again portrays Bush as a strong leader.
If so, we have a new insight into George W. Bush - namely, that he needs to see himself that way.