America: The Presidents, The Politics And The Wars

The United States of America used to pride itself on aour time, Bob Miller has been a staunch campaigner
reputation for diplomacy and integrity. The world'sagainst the Bush administrations of now and then,
largest economy, land of the capitalist dream.since back in 1976. A Veteran of the Vietnam war,
Immigrants would flock to America looking for theirMiller has been cast as a pariah, a renegade, and has
chance in life, looking to make a go of it all for theireven been taken into custody by the US Secret
family. Then something went wrong. The globalService for his outspoken approach to American
perception of the US changed, and suddenly the ethicalpolitics. Nevertheless Miller has continued his relentless
and moral high ground was destroyed by needlessattack on the Bush regime and everything it stands for,
bloodshed and political interference beyond the scopetraveling the country to deliver his opinions on the real
of their global role.motives of the Bush family.
The Vietnam war - a tragedy of greed and senselessA Republican himself, Miller is no stranger to the world
aggression. Vietnam wasn't an American war, yet itof political activism. Yet his controversial branding in the
was this involvement that started the cycle of distrustmainstream media has seen him cast aside as yet
and negative feeling towards the United States andanother extremist, unpatriotic and senseless. However,
everything it stood for. And that's not to mention thewith his latest book "Kill Me If You Can, You SOB",
horrendous loss of life, and the destruction of livesMiller aims to express the true horrors of the Vietnam
caused by politically motivated violence. You'd thinkwar, without descending into the same old 'this and
we'd learn our lesson, huh?that' of the Bush dynasty and their own brand of
In 2003, George W. Bush with the support of Tonyextremism.
Blair sent hundreds of thousands of troops to invadeWithout forming opinions for the reader or giving a
Iraq on the premise of 'illegal weapons programmes'blow by blow account of the war and the politics
and 'imminent threats'. A chip off the old block, somebehind it, Miller's latest effort is based on diary entries
would say. George H. W. Bush's invasion of 1990 failedfrom his time in the war, telling the tale more graphically
to overthrow the regime or gain control of the wealththan could otherwise be possible of the horrors behind
of oil in Iraq. His son was more fortunate.the wars and foreign policy of the Bush administrations.
One of the most controversial American authors of