Did anyone else catch America Vs. Iraq last night on NatGeo?

[Capt. Obvious]

I made it through over half of it before dreams came calling. I thought it was good, more so when I'd yell at the screen when Cheney or Bremer were given free reign to lie - which would wake up my wife.

I did have the feeling that in an effort to be impartial (if that was the intent) they just interviewed a bunch of people giving different accounts about what happened. I also felt rushed watching it - that the subject matter needed more than two hours to cover it (or 1.3 hours in my case).

This guy points out what's wrong with the piece a little more eloquently (and with more fire in the belly) than I can:

Why I stopped trusting TV history - totally
Lack of accountability in 'America vs. Iraq' typical

“America Vs. Iraq,” which premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on the National Geographic Channel, drove me to it with a maddening hole at its core. And that squishy center of imprecise research and confusing assertions has enormous consequences in that it gives former Vice President Dick Cheney and the rest of George W. Bush’s administration loads of wiggle room to try and rewrite history with their claims that they didn’t lie about possessing evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. They really believed he had them.

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National Geographic trumpets that access, saying in its news release, “Never before have the big players from Washington, London and Baghdad been brought together in one program to tell the inside story of the Iraq War.”

I admit, I was impressed by the access — until about 35 minutes into the special when I realized that not all the “big players” were on hand, mostly just the ones who behaved badly and were eager to try and change how history might remember them.

Baltimore Sun

And every time Cheney was on the screen I'd say out loud, "Why isn't that fucker in jail?"

[lastlib]

1. Watching it, I kept thinking, "Why are they giving these f**ing liars a pdium to tell more lies??"

[Capt. Obvious]

2. I wouldn't mind it so much

if they were wearing orange jump suits