Posted on 03/24/2008 9:40:29 AM PDT by FilmCutter
Bush's War Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9 P.M. (check local listings) 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, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Veteran producer Michael Kirk (The Torture Question, 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.
Following the broadcast,Bush's War comes alive online with free streaming video of the entire documentary and more than 100 video highlights of pivotal moments since 9/11. Watch a preview now at pbs.org/frontline/bushswar.
It’s hard for me to believe that they have conservative editors at PBS, but if you say so...
Good and valid point. I like your tagline....forgot about JRB but remembered Miguel Estrada.
Scrappleface, right?
Awesome of you to post this Clinton quote.
America and the MSM need to remember that Clinton, Gore, Kennedy, Kerry, Reid, Pelosi, Hillary, the UN, Mubarek, et.al. all said Saddam had nuclear and chemical weapons and they all said he needed to be removed.
Bush was the only one that had the political courage and the strength of conviction to act on this obvious threat to the world.
Now all of the above are carping about Bush’s War, Bush lied, people died, the war is lost, blah, blah, blah..
thanks for posting.
I appreciate your post and your efforts, but I'm skeptical.
I brought this up last week to a Moonbat who responded by saying “why do you keep bringing Bill Clinton up?” Who was George Tenent? Who said “Slam Dunk”? Who did nothing for eight years?
When the final outcome is successful as history will show, the Lame Stream Media will conveniently rename this war, the Obama/Clinton Iraq Victory.
Why not? They today claim the DemonRats deserve a share of Ronaldus Maximus’s victory over the Soviets.
Then why was it called “Bush’s War?”
Beat me to it!
If nothing else, it will lure die hard Liberal losers into the broadcast AND it is REALLY unbiased, they will have the lesson they so badly need. I am not hopeful, though. I gave up on Frontline a long time ago. NEVER watch their stuff now.
PBS? Right. Touted all over Boston radio with the telltale words that announce the intent and aim of the programs. Bush’s war and NOT America’s war? The terror was aimed at America, not just Bush, and the LEFT resents the fact that we had a leader who lead.
Today I read and heard the “MEDIA” trumpet in triumph the sad fact of death 4000 in Iraq. After several years of war, we have matched the casualties of the first few hours of D-Day in 1944. Each passing, each casualty is a heartbreak, yet such is the long history of freedom and its cost.
The “peace now” crowd, in their hatred of the U.S. military are the very FIRST to demand those constitutional protections afforded them ONLY because of the centuries long sacrifices of others.
I refer once again to my tagline. But it applies to the general media.
“...Lame Stream Media will conveniently rename this war, the Obama/Clinton Iraq Victory.”
WE are not going to live that long!
Whoa friends,
Watch the program, then you can flame me.
Bush is commander in Chief, The Documentary starts at 9/11 and goes through the surge, ergo Bush’s War.
as for WMD, again I suggest you watch and decide, but when you hear Armatage say “oops guess we were wrong about that” and the story around that sound bite, I invite the response.
Peace (except to terrorists)
SMA
Exactly. It should be titled, “Our War.”
Consistent with the NY Times calling the brief 1990-91 recession the "Bush Recession." Combined with the daily Nightline news about econonomic calamity, it was enough to give us 8 years of Slick Willie.
This time we will have "Bush's war" and, I'll bet, some MSM calling this recession the "Bush recession." If a coment strikes earth, they'll probably name the meteor Bush.
The “war” started in 1991 with Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait. Saddam violated the peace repeatedly throughout the 1990s reigniting the war.
The war almost got hot in 1998 with a lot of saber rattling by Bill Clinton and even John Kerry defending the looming war.
We were hit by terrorists in 2001 and the move to topple Saddam, who had been funding international terrorists (in Israel among other places), came in 2003. Saddam was even made an offer to step down which he refused.
The war we fight today is a totally separate event, as the Cold War was to WWII and the aftermath of the Civil War was to Southern Reconstruction (with a KKK insurgency which basically lasted for 100 years). Today we fight WITH Iraq against interntational terrorists (some of whom are sponsored and trained by foreign governments).
Please explain why you think this is a balanced presentation if you can. I realize your responsibility as a part of the production crew will probably make that impossible. I agree with the other posters that are repulsed by the reference to this being “Bush’s War”. The members of the Senate and House of the United States Congress voted to approve of taking action in Iraq. Just because one party reversed it’s stance for political reasons, that doesn’t suddenly make it Bush’s war. Let’s not forget that Senators had access to the same briefings Bush did, and they thought action was necessary, WMDs present.
I am highly suspect of this presentation.
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