Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
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Actor: Chas Freeman, Clare Short, David MacMichael, John Brady Kiesling, Robert BaerBrand: WEA-DES MOINES VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 620004
Studio: The Disinformation Company
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- This controversial and arresting film offers an in-depth look at the actual arguments, speeches and spin given by President Bush and his senior advisors before, during and after the Iraq invasion. Watch as they rely on rhetoric in lieu of hard evidence to justify a war. , Listen to their justifications change to accommodate certain inconvenient and very relevant facts (such as the continued abili
DVD Reviews of Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
DVD Review: Good information but be careful
Summary: 4 Stars
"Uncovered: The Truth About the Iraq War" comes to us from the folks at Moveon.org, the website funded by billionaire gangster George Soros. A sanctuary for far left-wing politicos, Moveon.org dumped millions of dollars into the presidential election of 2004 in an effort to unseat President Bush and his cronies. The organization is still receiving lots of media attention as it shifts attention to the upcoming midterm elections while continuing its assault on the ongoing conflict in Iraq. I always suppress a grin whenever I check Moveon.org's web page or hear someone talking about the site as though whatever information appears there is the equivalent of the holy gospel. Extremists of both stripes--meaning far left and far right--make abundant use of the Internet to spew their venom, and Moveon.org is obviously an extremist site filled with extremist views and literature. Soros's organization relies on "United Frontism," or a process used by fanatics to draw in sympathizers or others with left-leaning views in order to radicalize them. The communists used this practice the world over with overwhelming success. It's standard operating procedure on the far left.
One of the tools drawing in dupes is "Uncovered." Created by Robert Greenwald, "Uncovered" is an occasionally disconcerting documentary about the various evasions, half-truths, and outright lies issued by the White House regarding the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The documentary calls forth a plethora of individuals, Joe Wilson and Scott Ritter being the most recognizable, who carry important titles with various alphabet agencies in the federal government. "Uncovered" presents us with dozens of former ambassadors, retired military officers, CIA operatives, magazine editors, defense department wonks, and weapons inspectors. After the devastating attacks of September 11th, argues the documentary, reason went out the window regarding our foreign policy. Bush and his neoconservative hacks took advantage of the tragedy to suppress voices arguing for a calm and measured response, instead favoring hawks who would say or do anything to gain support for an all-out invasion of the Middle East. Iraq sat at the top of the list, in large part due to the efforts of Paul Wolfowitz, a longtime presence in government who agitated for war against Israel's enemies in the region for years before Bush came to power.
"Uncovered" goes on to discuss Secretary of State Colin Powell's infamous speech at the United Nations wherein he laid out the case for invading Iraq, one of President Bush's State of the Union speeches, and the numerous claims made by administration flacks on various news programs about Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons capability. The experts in the documentary refute many of these claims on a point by point basis. Iraq tried to buy nuclear materials from Niger? Not according to the experts in this documentary. The Iraqis owned elaborate trucks designed to manufacture chemical weapons? Nope. What about all those hidden stocks of dangerous biological armaments? All gone says Scott Ritter and several others who spent years documenting Hussein's various programs. Saddam and Osama in league with one another? Yeah right. At one point an expert repudiates the claim that Iraq currently possessed nearly 200 tons of deadly materials as "Not a conservative estimate, but a neoconservative estimate." Funny. On and on it goes, as "Uncovered" strives to demolish totally any argument for war made by the Bush administration. I'm quite conservative and I didn't see anything wacky in this program. What I did see were many legitimate concerns about the war.
I should say that I never supported going to war in Iraq. I recall discussing the looming conflict with several associates at the university, and not one of us could think of any adequate reason for going to war against Saddam Hussein at that specific time. One friend believed keeping Saddam in power would be a good thing because his continued presence served as a check on Iran. I cited several historical examples of similar situations, namely powerful countries installing puppet leaders or attempting to impose alien political systems on another nation, and how ALL of them ultimately failed. Whatever the argument, the consensus view was not to invade. I believe that our attempt to remake the Middle East into a bastion of democracy will ultimately fail, and I also believe a lot of American citizens here and abroad will perish in the process. Until our people and our government do something about the real reasons that led to those scurrilous attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, we can expect a long and protracted conflict stretching into every corner of the globe. And just because we outlasted the Soviet Union doesn't translate into an automatic victory over organized terrorism. At the same time, we can't merely sit back and allow the attacks to go unpunished. No great power ever sits idly by in such a situation. Quite a conundrum, eh?
So what is my problem with "Uncovered"? They are two in number. First, I don't like how the extremists use this documentary to convince viewers to join Moveon.org and other radical organizations so they can be brainwashed with left-wing propaganda. Second, truth is an elusive concept rarely if ever discovered this easily. The situation in Iraq can't be explained solely in administration terms, nor can it be explained solely in Moveon.org's terms. Whenever someone presents you with two diametrically opposite viewpoints, ignore them and look for the truth somewhere in the middle. Greenwald has no exclusive claim to the truth any more than the Bush administration does. Remember this when watching "Uncovered," but by all means watch it if for no other reason than to provide a way to get to that cherished middle ground where the truth must surely lie.
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 03/30/2004 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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