
"State of Denial" documents in detail the path towards America's Iraq debacle from the beginning. First there are Bush's initial rationale for becoming (our least-prepared modern-day) president prior to completing his first term as Texas' governor - basing his entire rationale on tax cuts, modernizing the military (eg. missile defense), education reform, and helping faith-based initiatives (no thoughts whatsoever about foreign policy). Another Bush II motivation to run, per Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador, was to get revenge for his father's defeat by Clinton/Gore; then there was the smoldering need for finishing the job on Saddam Hussein. (Needless to say, none of these are good rationale for becoming U.S. President, nor indicative of a serious thinker.)