No End in Sight

Four and a half years after the invasion of Iraq, we are all familiar with the daily headlines of rising casualties and increasing chaos. So much so, that some of us (myself included) have stopped paying attention, angered and appalled at the Bush administration's incompetence and short-sightedness in handling the conflict in Iraq. With his first movie, No End in Sight, Charles Ferguson gives us a good jolt and reminds (as well as educates) us on what went wrong with policymaking for post-war Iraq. No End in Sight is an extremely illuminating documentary and if you weren't feeling angry and appalled enough with the usual Bush administration suspects, such as Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, and some less familiar faces such as Paul Bremer, then you most surely will after seeing it. To quote Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003) from the movie: "There were 500 ways to do it wrong and two or three ways to do it right. What we had never anticipated is that we would go through all 500 of them." From the lack of an occupation plan to the preclusion of forming an interim Iraqi government to the disbanding of the Iraqi military, the film highlights mistakes made by the Bush administration again and again. Amazing how much damage a bunch of men who have set their minds on one thing can do, and how they will disregard anyone and anything that might suggest they could be wrong in their assessment. For most of the film, I sat there seething. At the same time, I was amazed by how much I actually didn't know about the conflict.

Go see it. You won't be disappointed. And if you agree with me, then tell your friends to see it too.