Date: 2024-10-19 Page is: DBtxt003.php txt00006484
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Iraq, WMDs and Hubrus
Rachel Maddow Show ... a series of clips about the incredible hubrus of the Bush administration in connection with justification of the Iraq war
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
RACHEL MADDOW 02/18/13 Iraq weapons threat hype built on weak foundation (Part 2) In Part 2 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow explored how questionable evidence from dubious sources was culled to frighten the American people with the argument that Saddam Hussein’s weapons program was a threat to the United States.
RACHEL MADDOW 02/18/13 ‘Mushroom cloud’ argument persists despite contradicting facts (Part 3) In Part 3 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow illustrates how the Bush administration exaggerated the threat of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear ambitions with discredited information about aluminum tubes and yellowcake uranium.
RACHEL MADDOW 02/18/13 Discredited evidence sufficient to convince Congress (Part 4) In Part 4 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow revisits how the case for war with Iraq was made to Congress, with many on the Senate Intelligence Committee not reading the flawed National Intelligence Estimate, resulting in an overwhelming vote to give President Bush a free hand with Iraq.
RACHEL MADDOW 02/18/13 Mis- and under-informed, Powell pitches flawed case for war (Part 5) In Part 5 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow shows how Secretary of State Colin Powell was given flawed evidence to make the case for war with Iraq in front of the entire world with his credibility as collateral.
RACHEL MADDOW 02/18/13 Iraq war marked by poor stewardship (Part 6) In Part 6 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, the regrets of politics overtaking good governance and good journalism are felt by those who didn’t hold the Bush administration to a higher standard.
THE ED SHOW 02/19/13 10 years not long enough to answer Iraq War questions Next month marks 10 years since the beginning of the Iraq War, but we still have questions about the intelligence failures and the Bush Administration’s devotion to selling the idea of the war in the first place. Ed Schultz has the latest on the renewed violence in Iraq, the insiders who are now coming forward in the MSNBC documentary “Hubris: Selling The Iraq War” and talks to the co-author of the book the film was based on. Find out what MSNBC analyst David Corn still wants to know about the run-up to the war
RACHEL MADDOW 02/14/13 Have Americans learned not to be misled into war? Rachel Maddow compares the pressure for the U.S. to go to war in Syria now with the pressure for the U.S. to war in Iraq ten years ago and points out that the difference this time is an administration that isn’t part of the war promotion machine. Maddow also shares an exclusive first look at the new MSNBC documentary “Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War” to air Monday, 2/18 at 9 p.m. ET.
DOCUMENTARIES 02/13/13 Hubris: Selling the Iraq War – Shock and Awe After a swift and successful invasion, the US chief weapons inspector begins the fruitless search for the weapons of mass destruction that had lead to the invasion. Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, hosted by Rachel Maddow, airs Monday, Feb 18th, 9pm EST on MSNBC.
DAILY RUNDOWN 02/17/13 Deep Dive: ‘Hubris’ and the Iraq War NBC’s investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff joins Chuck Todd to take a look at the upcoming MSNBC documentary called “Hubris” and take a look back at the Iraq War.