Devastating expose of war's incompetence
Added 5/18/2009
I cannot too highly recommend this DVD. Even ardent supporters of the war will find it hard to stomach all the incompetence. This is not a leftist screed; all the people interviewed are government or military officials who end up nauseated by the blundering of the Bush administration. Prepare to be outraged!
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Never shoulda gone there!!!!
Added 3/20/2009
I don't know what anyone else thinks, but this documentary should be seen by all Americans. What were we thinking when we put "W" in office TWICE! I hope I live to be 120 years old so I can actually see what future people think of the Bush years (son that is...I respect Sr.). Buy this video...it is the truth.
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Must See!
Added 10/9/2008
Every U.S. Citizen must see this documentary from filmmaker Charles Ferguson if you want to have an educated opinion regarding the War in Iraq. Also, please review Charles Ferguson's biography on the Council on Foreign Relations website at www.cfr.or/bios/10786, to check his credentials - impressive.
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"We will bring the Iraqi people food and medicine and supplies and freedom"
Added 9/17/2008
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The title of this review is actually a quotation by President George W. Bush found in some archival news footage near the end of this powerful documentary.
This is a documentary film about America's occupation of Iraq. It focuses generally on the two-year period following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and particularly with the period of a few months in the spring and summer of 2003. It asserts that serious mistakes made by the Bush administration during this time were the cause of the ensuing quagmire of problems of guerrilla warfare, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy that dominate Iraq to this day. (Note that this film does initially touch on other aspects prior to the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.)
To a large extent, this film, besides archival footage, consists of brief interviews with high ranking officials who were involved in the initial Iraqi occupation authority and ORHA (the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, later to be replaced by the CPA, the Coalition Provisional Authority). Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts are also interviewed.
Thirty-five people were briefly interviewed, many of them former Bush loyalists who have since become disillusioned by the incompetence and recklessness they were involved in at the time.
Examples of those interviewed include the following:
(1) General Jay Garner, who briefly ran the reconstruction before being replaced by L. Paul Bremer III (who took over May, 2003)
(2) Ambassador Barbara Bodine, who was placed in charge of the Baghdad embassy
(3) Richard Armitage, former Secretary of The State Department
(4) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff
(5) Colonel Paul Hughes, who worked in the ORHA and then the CPA
One criticism of this film is that it is biased. This is not true. The accumulated professional standing of the people that were interviewed and their insistence on the facts makes this criticism not plausible. Besides key officials such as Bremer and former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declined to be interviewed.
This film has won many awards.
Incidentally, there were no weapons of mass destruction found in this documentary.
Finally, the DVD itself (the one released in 2007) is perfect in picture and sound quality. It has fifteen interesting extras. There are no English subtitles but there is closed captioning.
In conclusion, this is the first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into chaos. As such, it is not to be missed!!
(2007; 1 hr, 40 min; wide screen; 12 scenes)
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No End In Sight...
Added 9/14/2008
All the folks that actually served on the front speak here - and it just underscores the ignorance of Bush and his party - mowing fervently ahead full of their rightness.
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Devastating expose of war's incompetence
Added 5/18/2009
I cannot too highly recommend this DVD. Even ardent supporters of the war will find it hard to stomach all the incompetence. This is not a leftist screed; all the people interviewed are government or military officials who end up nauseated by the blundering of the Bush administration. Prepare to be outraged!
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Never shoulda gone there!!!!
Added 3/20/2009
I don't know what anyone else thinks, but this documentary should be seen by all Americans. What were we thinking when we put "W" in office TWICE! I hope I live to be 120 years old so I can actually see what future people think of the Bush years (son that is...I respect Sr.). Buy this video...it is the truth.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Must See!
Added 10/9/2008
Every U.S. Citizen must see this documentary from filmmaker Charles Ferguson if you want to have an educated opinion regarding the War in Iraq. Also, please review Charles Ferguson's biography on the Council on Foreign Relations website at www.cfr.or/bios/10786, to check his credentials - impressive.
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