Two hits in the heads hurt
An Egyptian common proverb
I remember it when I read about another book that can cause trouble for Bush and his administration , already the man is still suffering from the consequences of McCallen’s book and does not know where it is going to take him so he would find out that there is another book exposing his failure in the Iraqi war.
This time the author is not a Civilian old buddy press secretary , he is retired U.S LT.General Ricardo S. Sanchez ,the former commander of the coalition forces in Iraq.
The book is Wiser in Battle : A Soldier’s story ,you can order it from Amazon here.
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Amazon.com: Wiser in BattleIt seems some people want to clear themselves earlier in front of the American people , in front of the people of the world and more important in front of the history.
From administration point of view the Bush administration was suffering from a groupthink . This is what I got from the two books summaries.
There is no much attention about Sanchez’s book compared to McCallen’s but I expect that it could create a buzz if McCallen goes to a hearing committee in the Congress as those who hate Bush will use Sanchez’s book as another evidence to prove him wrong .
Again this proves how free is the press and publishing in the United States of America , with my all respect General Sanchez is not sued and jailed in the military prison like General Saad El-Shaazly for publishing military secrets . Strangely General Saad published his book about Yom El-Kippor war after it was over and till now the book is banned in Egypt and El-Shaazly lived in exile for a while because of it where as Sanchez is attacking a current American president for a war that is not over !!??
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Amazon.com: The Crossing of the Suez, Revised EditionLook I am not with or against El-Shaazly in what he said against President Sadat ,if we believe in freedom of expression and democracy then we must respect each other opinion, this man is a hero , he is a military genius and he should not be treated like this. His book should not be banned ,it is important reference after all.
Anyhow back to the States , I wish that someone translate Sanchez and McCallen’s books to Arabic ,so we get benefit for it ,to know how they think and plan political and military and most important to learn from their mistakes
I think that Shadhly's book is banned in Egypt because it gives another image for the mythical aviation strike led by Mubarek..
ReplyDeleteNevermind, if you want a pdf document of crossing the suez in arabic I can send it to you...
@Islam_ayeh , yes he exposes this myth along with the myth of Abu Gazla
ReplyDeletethanks dear ,for your offer I already got it from abroad