New book: Deserter - AWOL's military diservice and mistreatment military

[RamboLiberal]

Just picked this up today at my local B&N - great little book at 12.95. Nothing much I don't already know, but puts it all together in one handy reference and I love Ian Williams writing style. Be a great one to give to any on the fence voters, especially active military or vets.



Ian Williams: Deserter

Since taking office, George W. Bush has relished the role of "Commander in Chief." His military posturing is intended to convince Americans that he alone can lead them to victory in the war on terror and is designed to appeal to the votes of the armed forces and veterans.

But his military record is disastrous. While George W. Bush supported the Vietnam War, his family influence got him into the Texas Air National Guard, which, short of World War III breaking out, guaranteed that he would never see military action. Even in this safest of positions, Lieutenant Bush broke under the strain and went AWOL in Alabama for the better part of a year--canvassing for the Republican Party.

In contrast, George W. Bush's Administration calls up contemporary national Guardsmen for front-line action in Iraq, and extends their terms in a form of backdoor conscription. As the military budget soars, the war is being fought with a dangerously inadequate number of troops. The Administration ships home the dead and disabled under cover of darkness; those who do eventually return in one piece find their veterans' medical benefits and facilities axed. Drawing on the extensive research on the President's still mysterious military career, Williams convincingly argues that our Commander in Chief is guilty of breathtaking hypocrisy, cynical doublethink and egregious neglect of the actual defense of the United States.

http://community.democrats.com/store/details.cfm?item=10137

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Thanks!

[Babel_17]

2. Thanks for the info

Just knowing this book is out there helped make my day. :)

[hlthe2b]

3. Ian Williams: can you remind me who he is?

What else he has written? Name is familiar but I'm blanking...

[RamboLiberal]

4. Ian Williams is UN Correspondent for The Nation

Also wrote a book UN for Beginners.

[hlthe2b]

5. ok, thanks... I've seen his byline in the Nation