The first time I watched this documentary, right after it was available on video, I was pretty disappointed. I thought it was boring and that it was not exhaustive enough in pointing out the lies and fabrications of Moore's movie. I was anticipating and looking forward to a reel by reel dissection of Moore's obvious deceptions and inaccuracies. I would have preferred a line item of lies being counted out and explained similar to Dave Kopel's "59 Lies" that he found in Moore's movie.
However, I decided to watch it again nearly a year later. Upon review, I found it to be quite comprehensive. The opening segment effectively defends the President's decision not to panic in front of the school children and illustrates the petty and mean behavior of his detractors. Those who would for example, accuse him of reading a children's book upside down. It also points out factual mistakes by Moore. Here are other points that the documentary covers; Moore's ridiculous assertion that "there is no terrorist threat", the phony Pantograph article that stated that Gore won the recount, Moore's assertion that 911 was no big deal, the misleading segment about the Unocal Afghan pipeline, the left wing conspiracy theories about the Carlyle Group, the Bush and Bin Laden families, also the blaming of Bush tax cuts by Moore as being responsible for the cutbacks in Oregon State Police, the effectiveness of the Patriot Act in combating domestic terrorism, and debunking the tiresome mantra of the left about blood for oil. The commentators also point out the seriousness of Islamic terrorism. That it should not be underestimated, and we as a nation should not become complacent or engage in appeasement as we did for the twenty years leading up to 911 and the late 1930's during the rise of Hitler. The commentators advocate and support preemption at least in terms of the liberation of Iraq and agree with the Bush Doctrine of eliminating terrorists and the regimes who provide safe harbor for them.
In broader terms the documentary illustrates the hateful ideology of the left in the USA. A hatred of their country, the military and of course President Bush. It also points out several ironic twists in the positions taken by Moore and others like him. One is the conspiracy about oil. The documentary illustrates opportunities where the U.S could have conquered oil markets, but chose liberation and freedom instead. Whether it was the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan or the liberation of Iraq(they failed to mention Kuwait), the intentions of the U.S were true and just. We didn't "steal" the oil. Our support for Israel, a non-oil producing country, and our opposition to so many oil producing countries. Oil sanctions against Iraq in the 90's, an embargo against Iran's oil. One other point made was the way Germany, France, Russia and China, prior to the war in Iraq, sold their souls and U.N votes for the promise of Iraq's oil. It is these type of historical facts that Moore ignores, however this documentary does not. The documentary is a bit boring and lacks excitement, but all and all it is worth watching.
