PBS Frontline to Revisit Past Five Years in 'Bush's War'
Today, in the New York Times, Richard Perez-Pena notes that five years into the war in Iraq, "it would be hard to tell from a quick look at television news, newspapers and the Internet" that the country remains at war.
Tonight and tomorrow night on PBS, the producers at Frontline will do their part to thrust the subject back into the national spotlight.
To wit: In a two part series, called "Bush's War," producer Michael Kirk takes a long, hard look back at the myriad political and tactical snafus surrounding America's planning and execution of the war.
From the press release:
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for six years, Frontline has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence.
Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga unfolds in the two-part Frontline special Bush's War, airing Monday, March 24, 2008, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Veteran Frontline producer Michael Kirk (The Lost Year in Iraq, The Dark Side) draws on one of the richest archives in broadcast journalism -more than 40 Frontline reports on the war on terror. Combined with fresh reporting and new interviews, Bush's War will be the definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history.
"Parts of this history have been told before," Kirk says. "But no one has laid out the entire narrative to reveal in one epic story the scope and detail of how this war began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government."
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TRUST IN NEO-CONSERVATIVE BUSH BROUGHT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RUIN
Scientific research, biological and physical, funding is inadequate.
Defense against China's fast grown military arsenal is inadequate.
Solar and other alternative sources of energy research are underfunded.
Jobs and technology are going to China.
Mexicans continue to hold millions jobs in America.
Medical care un-affordability continues.
Social Security crisis continues.
Education continues to be is inadequate.
Drug abuse is more pervasive.
Child sacrifice by government supported abortion continues.
Constitutionally illegal Iraq War un-patriotically sacrificed lives of 4,000 young men and cost over 1 trillion dollars, to the sole benefit of Israel.
Paulson subprime mortgage lending and stock trading scam cost home owners, banks, and investors billions of dollars.
Recession and inflation were caused by Bush, Pelosi and Reid un-constitutional Iraq War for Israel, and the government supported subprime leading and stock trading scam.
blah, blah, blah, blah
The war, and inequities like wall street scams and tax uts for the wealthy have nothing to do with Pelosi and Reid.
And there is no "social security crisis". Get informed. Social Security is one of the few agencies of the government that is solvent - so much so that many others borrow from it.
Every projection says it will fund its obligations until 2045-2055, before which time it can easily be supplemented in a variety of ways.
The best way is to restore fair taxes on the wealthy and regulate corruption and waste in the military, which takes 42% of your tax dollar and delivers very little in return.
And then if we put in place Universal National Healthcare we would eliminate another source of waste and corruption.
Thirdly, develop non-fossil sources of energy and begin conservation measures immediately - like higher fuel emission standards and more hybrid technology.
Pelosi and Reid are not standing in the way of these solutions - it's the Republicans and their corporate masters. Get informed.
The war, and inequities like wall street scams and tax uts for the wealthy have nothing to do with Pelosi and Reid.
And there is no "social security crisis". Get informed. Social Security is one of the few agencies of the government that is solvent - so much so that many others borrow from it.
Every projection says it will fund its obligations until 2045-2055, before which time it can easily be supplemented in a variety of ways.
The best way is to restore fair taxes on the wealthy and regulate corruption and waste in the military, which takes 42% of your tax dollar and delivers very little in return.
And then if we put in place Universal National Healthcare we would eliminate another source of waste and corruption.
Thirdly, develop non-fossil sources of energy and begin conservation measures immediately - like higher fuel emission standards and more hybrid technology.
Pelosi and Reid are not standing in the way of these solutions - it's the Republicans and their corporate masters. Get informed.