Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War, a documentary special hosted by Rachel Maddow
In this documentary, many of those who were sources for the book “Hubris” appear on camera for the first time. One of them, Mark Rossini, was then an FBI counter-terrorism agent detailed to the CIA.
As the Obama White House vigorously defends its policy of using drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists—including in some cases American citizens—it invokes the findings of secret intelligence showing that the targets pose an “imminent” threat to the U.S.
But there’s a powerful reason to be perennially skeptical of such claims–and perhaps never more so than now, as the country approaches a sobering historic moment: the tenth anniversary of President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq.
Part 1: The Attack On 9-11 Gives The Bush Administration an Excuse To Target Iraq
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Part 2: The Advertising Campaign To Sell Iraq's Military Prowess and Weapons Was Pure Advertising Hype
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Part 3: The Claim Of Iraq's Atomic Capability Persisted Even In the Face Of Compelling Contradiction
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Part 4: Discredited Evidence Should Have Been Enough To Convince Congress Otherwise
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Part 5: Secretary of State Colin Powell Pitches Pure Bunk To The UN
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Part 6: The Conduct Of The Iraq War Was Flawed From The Moment Of Inception
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POLYCONUNDRUM - When looking back on the reasons a country goes to war one must consider all the forces that must culminate then for it to happen. But ultimately and particularly in a decade long war a "fish stinks from the head first.
In this clip, Chris Mathews and James Moore the author of Bush's Brain, speculate on George W. Bush's motivation for War in Iraq and the stubbornness it was pursued.
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