The popular question about the Iraq report that Bush received today is this: Will he listen to the advice of the Iraq Study Group, contained within the report? It’s even the cover of Newsweek this week.
Certainly, this is a valid question, as the President has a long record of not listening to advice. But the real question we should be asking is this: Will the President even read the report?
The President may have a record of stubbornness on Iraq, but he has an even longer record of ignoring critically important documents. The most notable occurrance was in August of 2001, when Bush decided not to read a one-page memo entitled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US”. If Bush refused to read a one page document, how in the world can we expect him to read a report that contains, per the post, at least 70 recommendations about Iraq?
The President has admitted that he doesn’t read Newspapers, and that he has his chief of staff and Condi Rice summarize world events for him.
The President wasn’t even expected to read the entire 9/11 commission report.
The question that MUST be posed to Bush is this: Will you read the report in its entirity?
