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rlev1223 Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:35 AM
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Frontline "Rumsfeld's War"
Was this a rerun or new?

Too bad it was on PBS and not commercial nets.(Fat chance)

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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:41 AM
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1. It was listed as "new" on my cable guide.
a 5 star documentary

Saw it a few hours ago.

Terrific stuff.
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Robert Oak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 12:53 AM
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2. new, they are going to stream it on 10.28
My God, is it damning.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/

has a lot of web info you can look at now.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 04:07 AM
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3. I took a long break from my job and DU to watch that
Excellent. And remarkably damning. The administration actually wanted to invade Iraq first after 9/11, not Arghanistan. Once they detoured to Afghanistan, Rumsfield insisted on trimming the number of forces and resources to bare bone. Literally looking at a list and x-ing things out, "You don't need this. You don't need that."
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 04:55 AM
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4. Said new on Dish satellite. I taped it and will watch soon.
I have taped so many programs on PBS, LINK and Free Speech TV. I'm going to have to list them and see if anyone wants to borrow them.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 05:24 AM
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5. I watched part of it last night...
.... will catch the rest tonight.

It really sounds like Rummy has tried to apply the "third wave" business principles (note that Newtie was involved) to the military with disastrous results.

I hope Rummy enjoys his place in history as the most abject failure of military leadership since the Vietnam war.
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 05:28 AM
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6. Excellent...Excellent show.....laid out the whole damn plot of these
egomaniacs.
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 05:35 AM
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7. One thing I recall was Rumsfeld etal were involved with the Viet Nam war
strategy too....they called the shots from the planning room in DC instead of letting the ground commanders take actions they deemed necesssary.

Wow....talk about insanity...they are doing the same thing again in Iraq expecting a different outcome.
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