Cassidy
02-08-2008, 05:19 PM
No End In Sight
Iraq’s descent into chaos
The inside story from the ultimate insiders.
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http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/
This was probably the most important documentary that I’ve seen.
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“A coolheaded devastating expose”~~Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“An absolutely vital film. Exacting, enraging, and revelatory.”~~A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
Entertainment Weekly #9 best film of the year blurb by Owen Gleiberman:
In his superb documentary dissection of how the Iraq war was bungled, after the invasion, by an administration too arrogant to plan for victory, Charles Ferguson puts the Bush team in the crosshairs, yet soberly, with facts and information and a telescopic vision, and without a twinge of ideological harangue. The result is a true slice of history that, sadly, became one more example of the Iraq-movie mantra: AUDIENCES WON'T GO." Which raises a question: What, exactly, will have to happen to make them?
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SYNOPSIS
“The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? NO END IN SIGHT dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. "
Iraq’s descent into chaos
The inside story from the ultimate insiders.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/misterclean182/NoEndinSight.jpg
http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/
This was probably the most important documentary that I’ve seen.
****
“A coolheaded devastating expose”~~Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“An absolutely vital film. Exacting, enraging, and revelatory.”~~A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
Entertainment Weekly #9 best film of the year blurb by Owen Gleiberman:
In his superb documentary dissection of how the Iraq war was bungled, after the invasion, by an administration too arrogant to plan for victory, Charles Ferguson puts the Bush team in the crosshairs, yet soberly, with facts and information and a telescopic vision, and without a twinge of ideological harangue. The result is a true slice of history that, sadly, became one more example of the Iraq-movie mantra: AUDIENCES WON'T GO." Which raises a question: What, exactly, will have to happen to make them?
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SYNOPSIS
“The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? NO END IN SIGHT dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. "