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Frontline ”Bush’s War” part 1 on PBS:
After watching a majority of the two and a half hour first installment of “Bush’s War” on PBS last night, I asked myself, “Where’s Bush?”.
He was a mysteriously absent character in the march our nation took towards war with Iraq. For a series that had devoted itself with great detail and accuracy to document one of our nations biggest blunders, I’m a little disturbed at how blind sided I feel that I’ve misplaced blame.
It’s been easy pointing a finger at Bush all these years. He’s essentially an educated yokel. Blunders seem like they come naturally to a character who spoke of the internet in the plural form and confused Austria with Australia.
The truth of the situation (as Frontline reported it) showed Vice President Dick Cheney and (then) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld throwing their weight around the White House with vicious tenacity.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that Bush is blameless. He still signed his name on documents that (some would argue) illegally gave him power to make decisions that superceed the votes of Congress, the House of Representatives, and ultimately the American public (see: Patriot Act and torture bill of 2006).
But part one of the series essentially outlined a war that was orchestrated and devised by a close knit group of high powered officials who whispered opinions into the ear of our President. I suppose this shouldn’t be a surprise. Bush has long been called a puppet.
Part one left us a week before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Up to this point the focus was Afghanistan. It was clearly determined the attacks of 9/11 were directly linked with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Not Iraq.
Do you hear that people? 9/11 was never directly linked to Iraq. I’m glad we’ve gotten the air cleared on that one. I’m tired of arguing otherwise with the less informed.
Tonight we’ll dive right into the invasion of Iraq and the massive bumbles that will ensue. If you missed part one (or can’t be home to watch part two tonight), PBS is airing the complete 4 1/2 hour series online at PBS.com. If you can only watch one program about the Iraq and Afghanistan war, this would be the one to catch.
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