On Frontline this week: "Bush's War"
Frontline has done a lot of in-depth pieces on the Iraq War and this week on PBS they've put together a 4-1/2 hour overview called "Bush's War" beginning with 9/11 and running on through to the announcement of the surge in Iraq.
Part 1 was on last night and can now be watched online. Tonight is Part 2 which picks up with the beginning of operations in Iraq and will be posted online later.
It's absolutely worth watching and there are many excellent interviews included. I have to say that after seeing the run up to the war in Pt. 1, I came away feeling that Cheney and Rumsfeld were so determined to pursue striking Iraq that I wonder what, if anything, could have significantly changed their course. The intelligence community, the State Department, the UN, Congress, let alone the opinion of the American people, were effectively rendered irrelevant. A less obeisant press might have made some difference, but we'll never know.
Part 1 was on last night and can now be watched online. Tonight is Part 2 which picks up with the beginning of operations in Iraq and will be posted online later.
It's absolutely worth watching and there are many excellent interviews included. I have to say that after seeing the run up to the war in Pt. 1, I came away feeling that Cheney and Rumsfeld were so determined to pursue striking Iraq that I wonder what, if anything, could have significantly changed their course. The intelligence community, the State Department, the UN, Congress, let alone the opinion of the American people, were effectively rendered irrelevant. A less obeisant press might have made some difference, but we'll never know.
