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MassLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 12:13 AM
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"Rumsfeld's War" re-running on PBS right now
I'm in EST, watching it on NY's channel 13. Don't know where else it might be showing. I know some folks here saw this program the other night when it ran for the first time and said it was well worth watching.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 12:20 AM
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1. It's well worth it.
Amazing how Rumsfeld rolled his own army to sell them a battle plan that doomed them to failure.

The Vietnam experience, and the resulting birth of the Powell Doctrine (the military is only to be deployed when it enjoys overwhleming force; wars against counterinsurgencies are to be avoided at all cost) are brilliantly documented, as is the Cheney/Powell rivalry, which Rumsfeld, who is tight with Cheney, was only too happy to exploit.

The man is a master manipulator; too clever by half, in the instance of the Iraq war.

Hope you can make it to 1:30.
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