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...between Saddam and Hitler, the film effectively exposes the paucity of intelligent debate seen in the lead-up to war. The smugness of politicians is also well-illustrated when Young and his wife watch President Bush at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner joking about the lack of WMDs in Iraq. As a contrast to this criticism, the film lauds those who spoke out against the war before it began. It eventually becomes clear that these people, rather than Young, are the heroes of the story. In particular, Senator Robert Byrd is featured numerous times attacking the President...
...George Bush had “the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.” There were daily statements from the White House to prepare the American public for this war. To support the claim that Saddam Hussein had WMDs the Kurdish chemical weapons episode of 1988 was brought up again and again fifteen years later. Interestingly, the US blamed Iran for the gas in 1988 and never condemned Iraq until months before the invasion. Such old and isolated instances were revisited to exaggerate the threat while the past...
...notes and witnesses to prove that Libby, for a least a few minutes a day, stopped thinking about "the next 9/11" and instead counted the number of times Matthews questioned why "the Vice President" had sent former ambassador Joe Wilson to look for evidence of Iraq's interest in WMDs. It was Fitzgerald's job in court to stress Libby's role as a senior commandant in what TIME speculated was a Bush White House "war on Wilson...
...Wilson went to Niger to look for evidence of Iraq's interest in WMDs. Faced with the hard truth that neither Wilson nor the U.N. could prove that interest, the White House had no ammunition to rebut the charge that the Administration "lied our country into war." The White House, and the Vice President's office in particular, had to offer an alternate "message" instead: Wilson was sent by his wife...
...Games in Gulf Interception practice planned Days after Iran announced an expansion of its nukes program, the U.S., Britain and several Arab allies plan to hold naval exercises in the Persian Gulf. Goal: to practice stopping ships carrying WMDs...