The PBS Frontline special "Bush's War", tells the story of how we got into the Iraq war and what has transpired in the five years since that time.
The two-part special series aired on Monday and Tuesday of this week, but you can watch it online and it is rebroadcast at various times in the next couple of weeks.
It's the most riveting and thorough reporting imaginable with a variety of messages about power, corruption, arrogance, egotism, and a mix of groupthink on the part of some members of the Bush administration and vicious destructive internal political infighting on the part of others.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, absolute power combined with a mediocre leader surrounded be arrogant egotistical advisors led to what you will see in the documentary.
It's not new information, but seeing it in the 4 1/2 hour documentary brings it into focus and it is....devastating, brutal, amazing, sad, horrifying...but above all else a lesson we can take to heart and ask ourselves - "how in the hell did we ever let this happen?" and think about how we can ensure it never happens again.
