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The Frontline producer alleges that Bush said Hussein was capable of attacking with chemical weapons within 45 minutes. I don't believe Bush ever said this. These leftists are confusing what the Brits said (I believe it was either Jack Straw or Tony Blair) with what Bush said. But in any event, if Hussein's people weren't capable of using chemical weapons on our troops, why did they have bio/chem suits and gas masks at the ready when the war started?

The program showed tape of Bush saying the 45 minute thing. I was surprised, because I also did not remember him saying that. But unless they doctored the tape, he did say it.

Although this episode of Frontline was really biased and unfair, and obnoxious, I still learned a few things from it. They showed a few instances in which our soldiers appeared to be a lot more hard-nosed than I thought they were. They showed an M-1 Abrams crushing the car of a looter. They also showed a small firefight in which our GI's apparently shot an innocent bystander that they thought (erroneously) was shooting at them. As bad as it sounds (which is exactly why Frontline aired it), what it told me was that we aren't being overly cautious about returning fire. That tells me that our guys have the right, aggressive attitude that it takes to win. Better that a few innocent Iraqi gawkers get killed than that our soldiers are afraid that they'll get in trouble for being too aggressive.

It's well worth watching this Frontline episode, despite its bias. The moral toughness of Kanan Makiya and Paul Bremer shine through the Martin smog.