It's terrifying to contemplate...

[CoffeeCat]

I'm watching "W" on Cinemax. It's both frightening and tragic that Americans allowed
this farce to happen.

We slept through it, America. We allowed it to happen.

What's the most terrifying thing about watching this "W" movie? The fact that today, in 2010, our
nation is dealing with much, much worse now than just a lie-based war. Our nation is controlled
by corporations and corrupt politicians who have dismantled our democracy.

The evidence is everywhere. They're not even hiding it anymore.

And still...we sleep. That's the most terrifying thing about watching "W".

After everything that has happened, and with our nation crumbling--we sleep.

[whatchamacallit]

1. "W" is glossy bullshit

reinforcing the popular myth that our present reality is the result of having a "lucky idiot" as president. Totally avoiding the rabbit hole that spawned Bush, Oliver Stone's lazy biopic did more to obscure the truth than expose it.

[CoffeeCat]

2. I agree with you...

...and I found myself thinking along the same lines during the film.

I wonder if Stone decided that America would never accept the horrific truth
about this country--so he decided to go for the easy shock?

Stone depicted a reckless Bush who wanted to believe that Saddam had WMD, and
Cheney convincing Bush with worst-case scenarios. Bullshit. They all knew
there were no WMDs. Behind the scenes was about lying to the American
public and presenting a case--and worrying about the fallout later. They
only blamed "faulty intelligence" after the fact--and we all know that Cheney
made several trips to the CIA in the run up to the Iraq war. He was arm twisting,
in order to justify this war. He never got the intelligence he wanted, so they
made up a bunch of crap.

The scenes with Bush at the helm, driving the ship--were laughable. Bush was
never "the decider". Cheney and the neocons determined what would happen. Bush
was merely the mouthpiece at the podium.

Stone sure did pummel Powell. He made Powell look like a complete sell-out idiot.

I do agree that this was a warmed-over version of reality. Bush was installed
as a puppet--with the neocon/PNAC gang calling the shots, with Cheney, Rumsfeld
and assorted PNAC signators. Bush was just the
electable face that got them installed.

[whatchamacallit]

3. Yep

I remember being surprised at how little denial or condemnation of the film, came out of the white house after it's release. It occurred to me they might actually be grateful for the misdirection the narrative provided.