"I am gaining the impression that Bush is very much his own man"
irjones you gotta be kidding us! The article quite clearly states that Bush and co. didn't have a clue how to handle the aftermath of 9/11 and had to turn to the neocons for directions, of course they were only to happy to oblige and now the Bush administration has to deal with the mess that the neocons created in the ME.
Thanks for the excellent article Oliveoyl, I found it very interesting and yes I agree, it should be read by everybody but the trouble with our society these days is that people don't do their own research but instead prefer to listen to whoever makes the loudest noise, it is called ignorance.