11/9: Inside the President's War Room

This is an amazing doc. It actually just seems to be a 2021 version of the 2011 documentary with the same people. That documentary was called 9/11:The day that changed America. It's nice to hear it from the bush administration at that time and from his words. I loved how seemless the scenes moved through.

Apparently it is for all these bashers difficult to put this docu in the context of 2001 or from a preferred political party point of view. Dont look at it from a Rep. Lens or Dems lens but look at it through a 2001 lens.

It is so easy (and a cheap shot) to judge those based on the knowledge we have today and if you do, well yeah you rate it probably below 4*.

If you watch these docu througg a 2001 lens or perhaps, if you are a bit more sophisticated, through a political analyst lens, you might actually enjoy this doc.

An interesting re-telling of the 9/11 story, but it seemed to maintain that the decisions made by Bush and Cheney somehow justified their actions. In reality, their entire circle of war hawks were nothing more than a cabal of bumbling idiots whose "war on terror" spanned 20+ years and cost US$2.2 trillion dollars. Seems like that money could have provided health care for the entire country for more than 20 years. Go figure.

Very good doc showing footage I have not seen before. Tells a well-crafted narrative of the day's events from Bush's point of view.

For posterity, this film delves into the Executive Branch "players" so-to-speak i.e. President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin powell, Mike Morrel, etc... in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and the decisions that were made at the time. In my opinion, each gave all that they had to give, in regards to why certain decisions were made, but - more importantly, they've allowed those decisions to be measured and weighed in light of what was catalogued, inventoried and collected afterwards, without excuse making.

This film is a real look at the moment that truly changed a nation... from an unprecedented access... and a startling view from those that made the toughest decisions for our nation and the course with which we must steer and navigate today, both good -and- bad.