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I posted a reader's review (Amazon) below that I thought was exceptional:
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the screen pulled back, May 30, 2008
By jo blow (texas) - See all my reviews
I can easily understand McClellan's late arrival to clarity to the ambitions and tactics of the Bush administration. To be a Republican activist in Texas in the 90's is the definition of Manichean loyalist. It was and still is the only way to succeed. He was raised in a political tribe to understand the pre-eminent principle of loyalty. And in the Texas Republican Party there is no nuance. It is black or white. There is no tolerance for grey. And there is no dissent.
Bush, left in Texas as Governor, or perhaps as a US president without 9/11 might have not have given McClellan cause for deep reflexion over Bush's attitudes, behaviors and tactics. Even long storied and respected Democratic Lt. Governor Bob Bullock famously admired Bush.
But the tactics of ginning up a disastrous, immoral and costly war obviously created a tension in Scott that any sound, decent and honest person would find perplexing.
So I believe the sincerity of his motives and his timing. If you watch his TV presentations, I think you must trust the integrity of his reporting in the book. In other words his publisher didn't write this book.
What may further McClellan's comprehension of these events and the characters surrounding them is grounding in abnormal psychology looking at Cluster B Personality Disorders. Because what he was dealing with were blatant clinical narcissists, anti-social personality disordered individuals, even sociopaths. The nation was hi-jacked by a gaggle of Rasputin's at the service of Napoleon solely intent on working out their grandiose agendas. In this case it was the renovation of the entire 4000 year old Middle East.
Even the blowback is focused on `puzzled' and `Scotty we hardly knew you" and not the facts and conclusions he expresses in this book. In other words to speak honestly , rather than be admired , draws criticisms of lunacy. Loyalty trumps truth. Loyalty trumps patriotism. And disloyalty invites venomous accusations. Republic be damned. Troops be damned.
With out that understanding of Cluster B behaviors no one will be able to comprehend the motivations for these mendacious acts; but also the complete and total failure for every decision or initiative undertaken by this White House.
There is not a reasonable, balanced, principled person in this administration, with the probable exception of McClellan. I really can't fault him for taken a long while to recognizing the true nature of the people he was dealing with. It really is a process of decompressing and de-toxing. Dr. Martha Stout in "Sociopath Next Door' describes very well the process of how the non-impaired can be conned and deceived when in the orbit of the emotionally disturbed. It is not a simple case of recognizing a fraudulent act, but recognizing and coping with a personality vigorsly devoted to fraud, deceit and dominance.
These guys conned the press, the political establishment, our Allies, both Political Parties and the American public. To his credit Scott McClellan recognized the liars and wrote about them with the valuable authority as an insider.
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