Recently our group gathered to watch Robert Greenwald's Uncovered: The War on Iraq, released in 2003 and documenting "how the Bush administration hoodwinked the American people into supporting an unnecessary war." It was a sobering reminder about how fear and manipulation got this country where we are today... The awful war continues, and although some of the players have been swapped out, our government still manages to hemorrhage money to contractors while leaving our soldiers ill-equipped and without a coherent purpose.
On a positive note, we were introduced to Ray McGovern, a former CIA officer turned activist who, in the film, tore apart Colin Powell's war "justification" presentation to the UN--and in 2006 confronted Rumsfeld with his lies. In a panel on the media that was one of the DVD's extra features, he compared watching the intelligence agencies become the administrations fabricators to seeing a loved one violated. This man worked for the CIA for 27 years and yet returned his Intelligence Commendation award in protest of torture. I only wish we could clone this guy and bring some accountability back to DC. It's just so frustrating that most of the American people don't even know his name. Here are some of his writings, if you're interested in further reading.
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