Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters [Hardcover]

Can one get any more bigoted? The same could have been said for Japan, Russia, Israel, etc.

"with tanks and bombs to "introduce" the "freedom" is dangerous, ridiculous and impossible)."

Like in Germany, Japan, Spain, Itay, the Phillipines, etc.?

"Being against an illegal war (It is illegal. In front of our laws and in front of the International laws) "

It is in no way illegal. But I'll let an Iraqi citizen put it this way:

"Because Iraqis have a lot to deal with regarding their daily life needs and the fact that we're not a major player in international politics, it becomes understandable that they pay less attention than the rest of the world to the legal complexities of the war and most of them see this war legitimate simply because it lead to their solvation and freedom.

You cannot tell a man that saving him and his family from torture, humiliation and death was a mistake and it should've not been done because it's illegal. This is almost an insult to Iraqis to hear someone saying that this war was illegal. It means that our suffering for decades meant nothing and that formalities and the stupid rules of the UN (that rarely function) are more important than the lives of 25 million people.

Still, this is not only about us and despite how inconvenient the present international law is, we do care about preserving normal and healthy relations among all countries, especially the strong ones. As the future of the world will be endangered if there was a lack of coordination among these strong nations not to mention a dispute.

I always find myself wondering; what is legitimacy? Is it ink on paper that some beaurocrats in the UN agreed on and have used it for decades to suck the blood of poor people while they give their "legitimate representatives" like Saddam, Gaddafi and Omar Al-Bashir comfortable seats in NYC to say all that crap about "the US breaching the international law, violating human rights and threating world's peace" while these regimes slaughter their people in millions?

It is foolishness like this that detracts from honest, open argument about a book's merits. I will not dispute that my review of the book was influenced by my politcal views, but those views were referenced WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE BOOK.

I personally found the book, although uneven in places, to be an engrossing account of a man judged from all sides depsite few knowing anything about his private life. In that capacity, and as a warning to Democrats who would malign our president with insults of sub-par intelligence, I think the book functions very well.

Those who classify themselves as "Bush-haters" might want to reconsider that term as soon as they see what bedfellows politics (or hate) have lumped them with. Looking at those who are among the most virulent despisers of Bush, we see a vertible cornucopia of celebs, authors, and public figures who have nearly all condemned America almost as frequently as they have the President.

As Bush once said to the press, "That's right, just keep lowering that bar". This book shows that as long as Bush is portrayed by Dems as a man who can't tie his own shoes, they will lose ground every time he stands up.

Try as he might, new VP in hand and all, Kerry has been unable to make significant inroads vs. Bush's support base. Sammons offers no solutions for the Dems, only a warning: underestimate George Bush, and he will beat you every time.