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Apocalyptic Film Chronicles Truth About Iraq


On July 27, a new documentary film will be released that promises to give the American public the unvarnished truth of what happened after we invaded Iraq.

As one of those interviewed said, "I just can't hold my peace any longer."

Here's the synopsis:

The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? NO END IN SIGHT dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war.

Watch the trailer for "No End In Sight". Send it to everyone on your e-mail list.

The movie has a blog site, too. Sign on and get viewers involved in Constitution Day Redress Campaign.

And then go to Tricia's post "As I See It" to see what we need to do and to Tom Wright's "Seeking Redress En Masse" to join others coordinating a special redress campaign for Sept. 17, Constitution Day.


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I'll check it out. "Sicko" moves to a bunch of theaters soon, too, already fifth on the list of all-time documnetary earners. There's a feeling of a tipping point approaching, or maybe happening now.

I wanted to start another blog, but heck with clutter, I'll ask here. What will we call this scandal/crisis? Unlike Watergate, which this most definitely is worse than, there are a bunch of outrages on democracy, combined with abysmal incompetence, combined with naked cronyism.

We have to to better than the "Worse-Than-Watergate" crisis.

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Liar-Liar? Gotcha!-gate? Con of the Century? Mother of all Lies? We're F**ked? Fall of the American Dream? Bush's Smoking Gun? (smoking something anyway...) Molly Ivins' "Bushwhacked"? Country in Crisis? Ship of State Fools? Bush's Folly? Duped? Fabricator-in-Chief? Seige on Capital Hill? A Nation Lost? Constitutional Challenge? Birth of an Imperial President? Pirates of the Halliburton? Lies and Damn Lies? War of the Bushies? Emperor Revealed? Tales from the Corrupt? Portrait of Power & Corruption? Rise and Fall of a Nation?

OK ... I gotta get some sleep.

Morgan

With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

-- William Lloyd Garrison (1805 - 1879)

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