![]() The rescue of Wall Street in 2008 was distasteful but necessary. Bush’s tax cuts were required to counteract the recessionary effects of Sept. When CIA chief George Tenet asked Bush if he approved waterboarding against terrorist suspects, the president said, "Damn right" and he still thinks he was right. ![]() The war in Iraq turned out to be based on faulty intelligence, but the consequence of the American occupation was a chance for democracy to take root on the Persian Gulf. The war in Afghanistan was necessary to root out al-Qaida and the Taliban, and help create a "free society" in Central Asia, he says. The former president revisits nearly all the controversial decisions of his tenure, and defends them with vigor. ![]() As a justification for his actions, Bush's memoir succeeds admirably. ![]()
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