The Iraq Documentary Americans need to see

Rachel Maddow and MSNBC created a documentary based on the book by the same name by Michael Isikoff and David Corn:

'HUBRIS: SELLING THE IRAQ WAR'

In their book review, The New York Times tells a bit about the book:

In “Hubris,” Michael Isikoff and David Corn chronicle the Bush administration’s delusional march to war. Though there has been a deluge of works denouncing the follies of the military and the administration, Isikoff and Corn cover somewhat different terrain. They offer the most comprehensive account of the White House’s political machinations, aimed at convincing Congress and the public that Iraq posed a dire threat. Isikoff is an investigative correspondent for Newsweek and the author of “Uncovering Clinton,” and Corn is an editor at The Nation and the author of “The Lies of George W. Bush.” The authors, who have interviewed key politicians and government officials, supply a lot of new information. They show that in many ways the administration became the dupe of its own propaganda. Though their narrative spins out of control by the end, much of the book makes for fascinating reading.

As Isikoff and Corn demonstrate, the administration’s first mission was to snow Congress. At every step, Cheney took the lead, convincing the four top leaders of Congress — Dennis Hastert, Richard Gephardt, Trent Lott and Tom Daschle — that war was unavoidable. Together with George Tenet, the director of central intelligence, Cheney and the lawmakers gathered in the House Intelligence Committee briefing room, where they examined photos of what looked like new construction at what Cheney declared were Iraqi nuclear weapons sites. “When the Congressional leaders departed that briefing,” Isikoff and Corn write, “they looked grim.”

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When it comes out, please don't miss it. We let these people have their way with us, with the nation, and with the Iraqi people and really, the world, to all their peril and our own. We owe it to them--and to ourselves--to know and get out the truth. It premieres February 19 at 8 pm Central Time.

There are a great deal of people in the world who would be only too happy if former President George W. Bush and his Vice President, Dick Cheney, at the very least, were charged with war crimes.

The rest of the Times review is here:  Winds of War - The New York Times