George Bush Sr. - Unauthorized Biography

George Bush Sr. - The Unauthorized Biography
by Webster Griffin Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin

"The thesis of this book is simple: if George Bush were to be re- elected in November 1992 for a second term as the president of the United States, this country and the rest of the world would face a catastrophe of gigantic proportions."

"The necessity of writing this book became overwhelming in the minds of the authors in the wake of the ghastly slaughter of the Iraq war of January-February 1991. That war was an act of savage and premeditated genocide on the part of Bush, undertaken in connivance with a clique in London which has, in its historical continuity, represented both the worst enemy of the long-term interests of the American people, and the most implacable adversary of the progress of the human species."

"The authors observed George Bush very carefully as the Gulf crisis and the war unfolded, and had no doubt that his enraged public outbursts constituted real psychotic episodes, indicative of a deranged mental state that was full of ominous
portent for humanity. The authors were also horrified by the degree to which their
fellow citizens willfully ignored the shocking reality of these public fits. A majority of the American people proved more than willing to lend its support to a despicable enterprise of killing."

Damn, those are strong words, but that's just how some people felt about the current Presidents' father, during his own campaign against Iraq. The first Gulf War could easily be argued as war to liberate Kuwait from Saddams' invasion. What created the conditions for his invasion of a fellow Gulf State, was directly tied to our relationship with Saddam. Remember, we had supported him in his invasion and war with Iran, after Iran kicked out their U.S. installed, and backed, dictator. After that war ended in stalemate, Saddam set his sites on Kuwait, with whom he had a territorial dispute with for some time. He gave every indication of invading, and considering that he'd already tried invading the much larger country of Iran (with our blessings), there was no reason to think he wouldn't. In fact, there wasn't even any reason for him to think we would really object. Dispite what was said in public, he wasn't told by us, in no uncertain terms, that we would not tolerate an invasion of Kuwait. There was plenty of time for us to do so, but didn't. He received the same lip-service that we gave (publicly) just prior to, and during the war with Iran. He expected to rule the whole gulf region, with our support. He was setup, then, as he was setup later with Bush Jr in command.

That's the context in which this bio was written. I only brought that up because you should be aware of the reason for the strong degree of bias exhibited by the authors. Then, as now, there were grave concerns about the true nature of our activities in the middle east, and our Presidents' motivations at that time. But that shouldn't turn you off reading about our current Presidents' roots. Unless of course you're a die-hard Bush fanatic.

One more thing, the reason for this book was to expose his past in the hopes it would help prevent his re-election. As it turned out, he lost, but only because he refused to campaign for a second term. He claimed he was too busy and couldn't be bothered. I've wondered since, what the world would be like by now if he had just campaigned a little. Clinton wouldn't have beaten him in '92, and Junior may have followed his dad in the '96 election. Hmm, I wonder.....