No Mercy

Saw "No End in Sight" this weekend, the newest documentary about the Iraq war.



It was actually hard to sit through. The level of incompetency could not be captured in this close to two hour film and I can only hope that a documentary series comes out about this failed effort someday so we can have a fuller understanding. What really got me was the part when a former Iraqi general came to our Director of Strategic Policy (an Army Colonel) and said, during the height of the looting and lawlessness immediately after the fall of Baghdad, "I can have 10,000 troops on the street here next week," and it wasn't acted upon. The Colonel wanted to take him up on the offer, mind you, but couldn't get word from Washington. It's a theme throughout. In fact, he found out that the Iraqi Army was disbanded via TV news. Apparently, so did the President.

It would be a failed effort to try to go through all the things in the documentary that makes one cringe, so just go see the thing. Regardless of Party or principle, I find it hard not to call this President the worst that has ever sat at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue in at least 100 years. It actually almost numbs the mind to think of. The damage done by this administration is just too painful to even fathom at this point.