This can't be stated and sourced often enough.
From Russ Baker's account of Mickey Herskowitz's manuscript. Please read the entire article, as there is much more incriminating material --
http://www.russbaker.com/Guerrilla%20News%20Network%20-%20Bush.htm<snip>“He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999,” said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. “It was on his mind. He said to me:
‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.’ And he said,
‘My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.’ He said,
‘If I have a chance to invade….if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it. I’m going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I’m going to have a successful presidency.”<snip>
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“He told me that as a leader, you can never admit to a mistake,” Herskowitz said. “That was one of the keys to being a leader.”<snip>
<snip>“They took it and (communications director)
Karen (Hughes) rewrote it,” he said. A campaign official arrived at his home at seven a.m. on a Monday morning and took his notes and computer files. However, Herskowitz, who is known for his memory of anecdotes from his long history in journalism and book publishing, says he is confident about his recollections.snip>
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Reporters covering Bush say that when they inquired as to why Herskowitz was no longer on the project, Hughes intimated that Herskowitz had personal habits that interfered with his writing – a claim Herskowitz said is unfounded. Later, the campaign put out the word that Herskowitz had been removed for missing a deadline. Hughes subsequently finished the book herself – it received largely critical reviews for its self-serving qualities and lack of spontaneity or introspection.<snip>
http://www.russbaker.com/Guerrilla%20News%20Network%20-%20Bush.htm
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