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See that's sort of what I was getting at. I think there are so many valid criticisms with relatively easily defended premises to challenge the administration on.

To pick out things like the bin Laden connection, soldiers behavior, and Bush's personal actions really belittles the argument. bin Laden's family has about 3,000 people in it. Letting his family leave, who a vast majority of Usama bin Laden experts agree have virtually no influence and little contact with him is really not a big deal. That's like letting O.J.'s mom go home after he killed Nicole. The psychology of soldiers on combat is another matter entirely. I'm quite sure there are plenty of people that are fucked up over there for all sorts of reasons. I'm sure it happens in even the noblest of wars. To degrage troops in that fashion, particularly when you cannot possibly fathom what thier lives must be like yourself is just cheap. And like Scru mentioned, I'm sure that Bush is allowed to laugh, joke, etc. He might be a moron with bad taste in the appropriateness of comments, but what does that have to do with a worthwhile national discussion?

Why not challenge the administration on the CIA? Was the information they got flat out wrong meaning the nations intelligence gathering bodies are failing, or did they simply manipulate the facts? What was the long term post war plan in Iraq and how could it have been so misguided? What drove the decision to abandon Afghanistan for the second time in as many decades to pursue Iraq? Why is there virtually no accountability for multi-million dollar contracts in the effort to rebuild Iraq, particularly when the bulk of it is being divied up by a company with close ties to members of the administration?

There are plenty of high brow, worthwhile disucssions to have. Again without seeing the movie, it is my impression that Moore misses 90% of them.