Truth, War and Consequences (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which it was unprepared? In this 2003 documentary, FRONTLINE examines why the U.S. went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what was at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis.
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In "Truth, War and Consequences," FRONTLINE producer and correspondent Martin Smith probes the fierce internal debate between the Pentagon and the State Department over the intelligence justifying the war and over the shape of post-Saddam Iraq.
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[@redsparrow9392]

Just a correction. It's not the "Iraq war", it's the "Invasion of Iraq".

[@bigmikestewy1839]

To watch soldiers LAUGH while literally destroying the lives of people,one can see one of the reasons why folks dislike America so much.... Imagine an IRAQI adult watching this who was a child back then

[@gera2396]

And not one of these war criminals will ever be indicted.

[@nguyenmun65]

After watching Frontline’s 4 part docu-series on the ‘08 economic collapse last weekend as the collapse of the Afghan government was happening live (2021), I think I might need a week or two before I can bare to watch this one. I was in middle school and high school when all this was going on so I didn’t fully comprehend the gravity of what was happening. Looking at these major historical moments from 1998-2012 as a full grown adult has ultimately made me feel disgusted and saddened. I cannot express enough how grateful I am that we have this type of journalism available to us. I hope and pray that we never repeat these mistakes. I truly want better for my children.

[@SenatorLeiaOrganaSolo]

US soldiers terrorizing locals and laughing about it. What a disgrace.

[@samblackwell8308]

I’d take a Frontline Documentary over a Hollywood Blockbuster anytime

[@ambition112]

0:05

[@josron6088]

As a American I always wondered how many other Americans actually brought into this BS. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I knew they were lying from day one. I'm so sorry for what happened to the Iraqi people.

[@christopherdennis4280]

The title should be Liars, Thieves and War.

[@ariw9405]

As an American I’m so embarrassed of those army soldiers shooting and crushing that car of people just trying to survive. Shame on them!!!

[@horrido666]

When this war started, I immediately had a sick feeling in my stomach. At the time I was already a veteran, enlisted as a cavalry scout. I knew then that when modern war happens innocent people die. My unit the 3/7 Cav was the tip of the spear, the first unit into Bagdad. The second I heard about the US going into Iraq, I knew many of my friends would die, and hundreds of thousands of innocent people would die as well, children included. I took the same stance when we invaded Afghanistan (another crime, btw). You don't invade a country just because they are harboring a terrorist. Why not just use special forces? Even if you have to violate a country's national sovereignty, like we ended up doing in Pakistan when we got Bin Laden. War has to always be the last resort.

[@annicka.3554]

Tks PBS FRONTLINE ! What did We learn from this ?

[@boris2997]

Should have never invaded Iraq in the first place

[@MrCTruck]

There's something just as barbaric crushing that guys taxi with a 20 ton tank as the human carnage we typically picture. All over 80 bucks worth of wood, just to get by. That scene to me is really emblematic of our time in the middle east: punishing the inhabitants with an oil-fueled, raging overkill, with no regard for human dignity

[@yougetaspear7799]

And the cries of that poor child is heartbreaking 😢😢🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@WA_S_S_AW]

This was told to me by a guy that I believe was on the up and up. 1983 Rumsfeld met with Sadaam and tried to get access to the southern Iraqi oil fields. Sadaam said no, that oil had been set aside for future generations of Iraqis. In the spring of 1990 oil production began in earnest of the Iraqi southern oil fields. Horizontally drilled out of Kuwait. Kuwait knew nothing about it and Saudi Arabia was cut in on the deal if they would “launder” the crude oil obtained. Sadaam found out about and rolled tanks down to the Kuwaiti border. Coalition forces drove the Iraqis back to Baghdad starting in August of 1990. Kuwait wanted to know what was going on and instead of shutting down the pilfered oil operation they wanted to be cut in on the deal. Operations resumed and this time Kuwait City was getting the bling. Sadaam again returned to the border with tanks, this time they rolled into Kuwait City and looted and plundered the ill gotten gains. A letter was sent to the King of Saudi Arabia by his son Osama bin Laden in 1995. He outlined many grievances but one big one was Saudi Arabia relying on the West for defense and the rampant corruption in the House of Saud. Things continued to escalate and in 1998 the House of Saud sent a letter to the United States that said we needed to start fulfilling our defense agreement as outlined in the Carter Doctrine. We needed to have boots on the ground in defense of Saudi Arabia’s northern border or the United States could say goodbye to the sweet oil prices we had been paying. 9/11 sure was convenient in helping fulfill Saudi Arabia’s defense treaty demands and it kinda explains why we went into Iraq first, why we didn’t find any WMD’s or chemical weapons and why the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi’s.

[@Usagi393]

“Stealing is wrong, but you can’t understand me, so I’m going to destroy your car.” They may not understand you, but they’re going to understand how to hate now

[@truthfacts6343]

Legend says bush is still trying to find Weapons of mass destruction

[@shreeramseetharaman]

Kept me glued for an hour and a half. Kudos to the team👌🙏

[@ITIMITE]

I clearly remember on a fall day in class discussing about the potential war with Iraq and we we're weighting in the consequences. I was absolutely against the war made my case based on everything here on this video! I was so right! One of my fellow classmates strongly believed saddam had weapon of mass WMD! The whole class agreed with him. I was saddened that day realizing how limited American student knowledge of geopolitic was and how easy they were manipulaed.