Frontline: Bush's War
by Michael Kirk
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Actor: .Director: Michael Kirk
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 270 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (Direct)
DVD Reviews of Frontline: Bush's War
DVD Review: Excellent, but not totally complete
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent documentary. I supported Bush and his "war". I watched this thinking it would be some kind of stupid Michael Moore-type hatchet job, but it isn't. It is very intelligent and very accurate, mostly.
The only thing I would have liked to see is the following:
- Saddam's history of supporting terrorism (Abu Nidal, the Bin Ladin of the 1980s, was living in Baghdad, when the U.S. invaded. Why ?)
- The 1998 Iraqi Liberation Act, a Clinton-era law that declared it as the official U.S. policy to overthrow Saddam.
- How the 1991 Gulf War, from a legal point of view never ended. And thus, America was indeed justified under international law to recommence hostilities, because there was no peace treaty in 1991, and Saddam also had not complied with 17 UN resolutions.
- How Clinton had repeatedly bombed Iraq.
- How the Kurds view Bush as their savior and revere America.
- The fact that one main reason for invading Iraq was to force the Saudis off the "fence" and get them to commit to a war vs. Al Quida.
- How Libya gave up its WMD program right after the invasion (coincidence ?)
Until those things are in this, it remains an excellent documentary, but ultimately incomplete.
DVD Review: Compelling viewing, wholly informative and greatly enlightening
Summary: 5 Stars
I am Australian and have a keen interest in America so this was bought for me as a Christmas present. My interests however are more about US history and politics, not war, but it made for compelling viewing. My interest in the US intensified after 9/11 (I was 22 at the time) and I must admit to largely training my attention on all things other than the Iraq war beyond the political context even though I knew I was ignoring one of the most important events in the history of the US. This documentary was a real eye opener. I would say I am like most observers of the conflict (who have no direct connection to it) and see it for its difficulty and sheer horror and have been overwelmed by its complexity and frankly sheer length. Keeping a mental hold on the conflict is not easy without real absorption. This documentary puts everything in such chronological order and necessary context that one comes out of it with an infinitely more informed viewpoint and one I hope to be a starting point for further study on my part.
Viewing it was especially timely for me given the recent election and imminent inauguration of Barack Obama and I imagine was much more timely for US audiences pre-election. I started out with a negative pre-9/11 opinion of the Bush administration, which became supportive immediately post 9/11, and has solidified into a poor opinion, specifically in connection to the response of 9/11 post Afghanistan and the handling of the 9/11 Commission.
This documentary for me expanded upon my initial distrust of the administration as it opens an endless parade of further avenues for questioning and slams home my initial opinion even further. Don't get me wrong I still find America and its society fascinating and the people mainly fantastic, I just dont like the Bush administration. Economics aside, the next 2 years will be VERY interesting for America. Good luck Mr Obama.
DVD Review: Educational and Interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this title for my husband and he has really enjoyed watching it. It is very enlightening about the run-up to the war in Iraq, especially the events surrounding our government during 9/11. Everyone should read it. I'm sure in the years to come this will be watched more by people who want to know how this country became such a mess.DVD Review: Worth the time, everyone should see this
Summary: 5 Stars
Frontline does a great job of breaking down the need-to-know information and the context when events took place. The strongest endorsement of the documentary is the quality and high-level guests and interviews. I haven't even made it the whole way through because I've seen several parts multiple times. Fascinating.DVD Review: ...and the photos are amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
I have nothing to add to the praise of the content of this documentary but must comment that so much was told in beautifully shot photos. The one of the moment the cabinet saw the first of the twin towers fall is an extremely moving piece of history.
Description of Frontline: Bush's War
9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Fallujah and the Surge. For six years, FRONTLINE has been revealing those stories in meticulous detail, and the political dramas played out at the highest levels. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga will unfold in this special definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history.General DVDs
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