On March 19, 2003, forces from the United States and a handful of allied nations invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power. American military leaders expected the conflict to last no more than a few months, and President George W. Bush declared that major military operations were over less than two months later. However, Iraq soon became a dangerous quagmire for American forces, and near the end of 2006, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of America’s strategy in Iraq, resigned from office due to public outcry and Bush declared he was “rethinking” his plan of attack in Iraq as the nation sank into civil war, with U.S. troops the frequent targets of attacks on both sides.

How and why did America’s leaders decide to invade Iraq? How did they formulate a strategy that went so far wrong? And can anything be done to salvage the situation?

Filmmaker Charles Ferguson, a former advisor with the Brookings Institution, examines these questions in No End In Sight, a documentary on the War in Iraq which includes interviews with a number of figures involved in the conflict’s decision-making process, some speaking on camera about the war for the first time. No End In Sight was screened in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. (Mark Deming, All Movie Guide)

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Put simply, what frightens the dickens out of me in this masterfully done Charles Ferguson documentary is that all the time our American troops are dying needlessly in Iraq (and elsewhere for that matter) we have a Commander in Chief who is truly and totally disengaged! NOW THAT IS FRIGHTENING. This is very reminiscent of other regimes such as Marie Antoinette and Louis spending money and rousting about Versailles while France starves and the uprising begins!

Ferguson’s case is airtight, and I doubt that even Bush himself could wriggle out of this scorching indictment of his administration’s failed handling of the Iraq Mess.Ferguson’s case is expertly laid out and pretty compelling: the Bush people have made errors in judgment peppered liberally with stubbornness,arrogance with complete disregard for the a majority of American anti-sentiment with the Iraq War. Ferguson builds his case by using the testimony of bureaucrats who served and saw the continued unfolding of the horror we know as the Iraq War.

Will your blood boil? Probably yes, but only if you have finally been convinced that we are ruled by a truly disengaged man.If this light bulb goes on, take a look in horror for the first time and act! Ferguson keeps things very low key, and Ferguson keeps it quite simple;that is the amazing part of this documentary!: Ferguson does not inflame the viewer-the viewer will simply get inflamed! This is beautiful and compelling documentary filmmaking of the highest degree. Truly a must-see! (Amazon)