Frontline: Rumsfeld's War

[CatWoman]

Coming on now on PBS.

Anyone watching?

[Up2Late]

1. I am

It's a re-run, but in a good way

[CatWoman]

2. Rumsfeld was put in charge of the Pentagon

expressly to keep Colin Powell in check.

[Up2Late]

3. I think they did a bit of re-editing from the original

I think they added the voice of the Soldier asking about the "Digging through scrap heaps for Armor.:evilgrin:

[thebigidea]

4. I'm kind of sickened by Dana Priest of the WaPo...

... she mumbled some sort of nonsense about the prison abuse just being some kind of "metaphor" for the poor post-war planning.

I'm sure the rape seemed pretty metaphorical too.

"Geez, Ali - this flashlight in my rectum must symbolize Paul Wolfowitz's snubbing of General Shinseki."

No wonder WaPo is still sitting on hundreds of torture pics - it isn't torture, its a metaphor.

[LdyGuique]

5. Yeah, watching it

I'm pretty sure I saw it last when it aired before; however, can always use a refresh of this old brain. It gave me chills the last time, and this time, I have additional filters in place about Wolfowitz and Cheney -- and even Powell has slid in my view.

Updating my original posting -- it's odd how dated or "historical" the program ended up being. The war is hardly over and we're saber-rattling over Iran -- there is a huge hole in knowledge.

[FreedomAngel82]

6. I've seen that before

and it's a good documentary to show what's going on. After watching that I was convienced Bush is clueless about foreign affairs and he's just letting Rumsfeld do it all. It's also why he isn't letting Rumsfeld go anywhere. Without Rumsfeld Bush is a lame-duck President (he is though of course).