Haditha On Frontline

Jules has details:

I just finished watching a review copy. If you want to know the basics on this political football, see principal participants and witnesses interviewed — Marines, Haditha survivors and residents, reporters and lawyers — and see extensive private and military video footage of the unit in Haditha before, during and after the Nov. 19, 2005 incident, you’ll want to watch this.

Comments

[IslamoLlama]

"--Bruce Kesler at the Democracy Project gives “Rules of Engagement” a B- with a thorough review that hits some sins of commission and offers some interesting background. B- sounds pretty good, considering:

An “A” would have likely been unattainable, given an hour and the few still open questions to be decided at upcoming court martials. Or, an “A” might only be given by a rigid partisan of one side or another, if the show marched to a one-sided tune.--"

Shorter Bruce Kesler/Jules Crittenden: They didn't tell me everything I wanted to hear, but they didn't say anything that overtly offended my delicate disposition, so I'll cherry pick what facts I like and write off the rest as lies/distortions/propaganda and go back to my bubble.

I appreciate how Kesler insists the film could never have achieved an "A" without including his preconceived conclusion or contained an overt bias in his political direction. Nothing says "objective reporting" like, "tell me what I already think I know". Citizen Journalism at its finest.