I’m hoping that it is a good Frontline (there have been some) and that the title is misleading and draws in some viewers who will have their preconceived ideas challenged.
But I won’t be surprised if it isn’t. And I don’t think it helps debate one way or the other to label something “Bush’s war” while it is still ongoing and during the final year of his elected terms.
Ultimately it is Saddam’s war. And that war is over. Saddam’s government is toppled never to return. What has replaced it is still in transition. And outside forces are attempting to cause chaos there. Can it be called a civil war while multiple nations are engaging in combat there?
To restate my point about Saddam’s war being over... I heard a sound bite today from a CBS reporter about Hillary’s lie regarding facing “sniper fire” in Bosnia.
The CBS announcer (female, Katie Couric?) said that the war was over but hostilities continued. This exactly describes the present day situation in Iraq.
It is too valuable politically for Democrats to insist that we are losing “Bush’s war in Iraq”. The war is over if the media wants it.