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If you have Netflix, you can watch it for free online (go to their Watch Now section). Or you should be able to rent it or buy it somewhere. I'm watching it online.
It's about how we got into this whole Iraq mess; I'm only halfway through - I originally thought I knew most of this stuff and it was just laid out in a pretty damning fashion, but I'm coming across more and more material that's new. For instance, when the looting started, you remember how the museums with all the Mesopotamia treasures and artifacts (many priceless, certainly irreplaceable) were raided, and we were like "how could the all be so dumb not to plan for this?". Well, it turns out there was a planning office, except it was only set up 50 days before the invasion, they were given no resources, and nevertheless came up with a list of some twenty places, and the national museum was #1 on the list. It went up the chain of command (not too far to travel, because they reported to the Pentagon), who ended up doing nothing (except protecting the Ministry of Oil and the oil fields), and everyone was basically told to "not bother with that", and it just goes to hell from there. So there was a bunch of planning, as best as you can do with only 60 days to do it, but it was all killed by the time it hit the inner circle. The hubris that is coming to light is nothing short of appalling.
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