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Moore is a master of satire. He knows that Saddam wasn't one of the good guys, but the point that he's trying to get across is that there was no need to invade Iraq.
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Oh, he definitely makes the point that we shouldn't have invaded Iraq, but if you're looking for an admission -- bluntly stated or in subtext -- that Saddam Hussein was anything other than an innocent, benign victim, you're not going to find it in this movie. I'm really not lying or overreacting; it's
truly that extreme. Moore says, point blank: "Iraq had never threatened us."
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I will see it for sure, I'm not bothered that it's polemical and a propoganda piece
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As I already said, I'm not bothered by polemics, provided they're done tastefully, but propaganda
does bother me. Propaganda is never respectable -- even when it is for your side. And, now that I think about it, this movie definitely veers a little closer to propaganda than it does to polemic.
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It's already provided the world with the footage of W telling the press about the dangers of terrorism and following up by saying "Now watch this drive" and hitting a golf ball. No one who wasn't totally out of touch with reality could engage in such cognative dissonance.
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See, of all the things you could hang Bush with (and this movie has quite a few good ones), that one seems the most stupid. I mean, if you interview a president on a golf course, he's going to be (duh) playing golf. If Clinton did it, people would be cooing over his charm. I don't really see that part as "proof" that Bush doesn't give a fuck about the threat of terrorism.
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