![]() ![]() In a separate case of scene fabrication, though, Bush writes of a comment made by his rival John McCain as if it was said to him directly. ![]() Karzai, responded, 'Why, General, you are my men. As Karzai walked across the tarmac alone, a stunned Tajik warlord asked where all his men were. His absence doesn't stop Bush from relating this anecdote: "When Karzai arrived in Kabul for his inauguration on December 22 - 102 days after 9/11 - several Northern Alliance leaders and their bodyguards greeted him at an airport. Because, as he himself writes later in the book, he wasn't at Karzai's inauguration. Witnessing such an exchange could color a president's outlook, could explain perhaps Bush's more optimistic outlook and give insight into his future decisions. ![]() It's the kind of scene that offers a glimpse of a hopeful future for the beleaguered nation. In one prime instance, Bush relates a poignant meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a Tajik warlord on Karzai's Inauguration Day. Many of Bush's literary misdemeanors exemplify pedestrian sloth, but others are higher crimes against the craft of memoir. ![]()
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