Roundtable

by digby

Good Lord. Apparently Bob Woodward is going to do another of his “inside the room” books about Obama and Afghanistan:

This morning on the Roundtable, legendary investigative journalist Bob Woodward provided his unique insight into the complexity of President Obama’s decision-making process on Afghanistan.

Woodward said he’s working on a book on topic and revealed that the President has no fewer than 32 issues on the table that need answers before he can decide how to go forward on Afghanistan.

I don’t know what his point of view is on this, but it doesn’t matter. Whatever it is, it will become the official record and after his performance during the Bush years, it’s clear that’s not necessarily a good thing. His first Bush hagiography was extremely destructive and gave Bush power, particularly among the villagers, that extended far beyond what he would have had if the book hadn’t been written.

Woodward is a village institution and if people simply saw him that way it would be ok. But he’s actually taken quite seriously even though he clearly operates under a set of rules (see: Libby, Scooter) that serves certain factions within the political establishment. He’s part of the process not simply reporting it and you cannot trust him.

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