If you have some free time, and I’m not suggesting that you do, I recommend checking out this awesome retelling of the events leading up to the War in Iraq.
It’s a two part series and seriously puts everything in its place regarding the shit that we’ve gotten ourselves into up until the present time. Too bad it’s from PBS. They need to get more exposure on this one. I think this clears up a lot when thinking about what the administration was thinking (or not thinking) when these terrible decisions were made.
It sort of makes you feel bad for Colin Powell, being as that they had him sized up and marginalized from the start, only to pin the whole argument for war on his shoulders. The speech he made to the U.N. for forever be known as an impossibly bold collection of lies and exaggerations that signaled our intentions to enter into a conflict with Iraq.
I was pretty mad at him, and I guess I still am, because he let himself be used by the administration in a way that HE KNEW was dishonest and would lead to war. As a general he KNOWS that war isn’t to be entered into lightly. Despite that speech, the real fuckers Wolfowitz, Cheney, and Rumsfield are the real criminals, with the rest of the bureaucracy as accomplices.
I definitely recommend.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I lost all respect for Colin Powell and so did a lot of people after that UN debacle. As far as I’m concerned he had NO excuse for allowing himself to participate in this whole farce. He should have better fuckin know better.
Looks like a good vid tho. Don’t know if I would say “Best Documentary Ever” but I’ll check it out.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am
meh…needs garlic
March 26th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I grabbed it using Videobox then joined the parts using VisualHub. I was watching it on the train. It’s seriously very informative and explains a lot of stuff that confused the shit out of me, such as, “what the fuck were they thinking?” etc…
Seeing the procedure moving up to war in this detail really lets you understand why a legal council would try and bend the rules so much, and it also reinforces the fact that the problem is the key components of the Administration, not so much the enablers. Don Rummy and Wolfowitz mostly.
March 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
cilrag sdeen…hem
March 26th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
^^ I see wut you did thur
March 26th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
you’re obviously bored, Magic…here’s a Flash Game to keep you occupied…
March 26th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Just what I needed, man. Ask Redscope, there wasn’t much Magic at ye olde desk today.