Bush is Cheney’s poodle in first draft of history

US PRESIDENT George W Bush has his eye firmly on history, believing he and his actions will be vindicated in the coming years and decades.

Public comments, a recently published book based on extensive interviews with the president and this year’s State of the Union address all reveal his increasing preoccupation with how he will be viewed historically. This is particularly true in relation to the Iraq war and the wider global battle against terrorism.

Arguably, the first comprehensive draft of the history of this war emerged last week and it was not pretty viewing.The two-part documentary was made by Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Frontline team.