leading to war
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2008
by 
jhalifax
jhalifax
very important: check this out!
Praised by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as “a staggering film,” LEADING TO WAR documents the Bush Administration making its case to the American people for military action in Iraq, despite the opposition of many allies, the U.N., and millions of its own citizens.
With the perspective of history, and the condensing of 14 months into a concise 72 minutes, this film provides a unique opportunity to see how a government sells a war to its people.
The film is available online for free at www.LeadingToWar.com, via streaming or download, and is subtitled in 19 languages to reach a wide audience. The website also provides an in-depth exploration of the strategies and rhetorical techniques used by the Bush administration, along with a well-documented examination of their pre-war claims.
Praised by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as “a staggering film,” LEADING TO WAR documents the Bush Administration making its case to the American people for military action in Iraq, despite the opposition of many allies, the U.N., and millions of its own citizens.
With the perspective of history, and the condensing of 14 months into a concise 72 minutes, this film provides a unique opportunity to see how a government sells a war to its people.
The film is available online for free at www.LeadingToWar.com, via streaming or download, and is subtitled in 19 languages to reach a wide audience. The website also provides an in-depth exploration of the strategies and rhetorical techniques used by the Bush administration, along with a well-documented examination of their pre-war claims.
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May 2008
Thanks for posting this, Joan Roshi. It's hard to get enough of the truth about what's going on. I'll watch this although I know it's gonna make me squirm.
When my family traveled in Europe in 2003, I was so embarassed to have Dubya as president that my wife asked me to stop apologizing to the Europeans about him.
She had a good point. Most Europeans understood that many of us in the US abhorred what was happening.
In fact, in Copenhagen, I cringed to see I had actually done my fatherly job about this war with my nine year-old son too well. Grinning, he walked up to me wanting to buy a little lapel button with Duyba's photo, and the caption, “Daddy's little war criminal.” It felt strange as we did it, but we bought it for him.
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.
thanks, i think this is such an important endeavor!