In 2003, the White House administration made a case for the invasion of Iraq. The facts didn’t add up, and only one team of journalists got the story right. Shock and Awe is the true story of these journalists, and what it is like to hunt for the truth when the stakes are life, death, and American democracy. Starring Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Joe was one of the criminals that voted yes.
Saddam Hussain was an evil monster. Another more powerful evil monster ate him
Check out the movie based on a true story. "Fair Game" Very sad movie, Americans murdered by Americans. And get away with it
Too bad Meathead made this propaganda. Meathead is Rob Reiner, a socialist parading as a communist.
Lemmings walk off cliffs. So do we. Dodging lead faster than sound.
How the hell did this happen? Excellent question.
Archie would have had a "field day", with the "meat head" on that speech about, Men who sent kids to war.
Joe biden has been bad for decades
This is good history. Saddam was bad, but he never had WMDs. I remember Rumsfeld and Cheney cooking up this story post 9/11. And it's crazy the US media just went along with the Iraq war, except for a few. It's such a tragedy. Of course the equation was: 9/11 used as a pretext + public sentiment = war in Iraq. Iraq? Like, wtf? I remember thinking the same when it happened. But….everyone fell for it.
I hat to say news groups dont start wars the governments do and the make a mess of, and sons and daughters pay the price. News groups keep it going for ratings. With that said, enjoy the movie
Good Movie, Personally I was against going into Iraq if for no other reason is Saddam was keeping Iran in check.
Bush be in jail for doing this we all know he was behind 9/11
When you had a grandfather (my mothers dad) a World War I VET, my father a World War II VET, my war would have been VIETNAM. Now in 2024 look how the WORLD is already into WORLD WAR (3). The movie and all it covers, I remember every so called BAD reason why the US invaded IRAQ when we should have invaded IRAN. Remember Iran taking US hostages 1979 for over a year? And the movie ARGO? My older brother and I got real history lessons from our grandfather and father about WORLD WAR 1 and WORLD WAR 2.
Not in 2024đ
I just re-released an earlier book that addressed this war and others that have been fought for no other real purpose other than Hollywood could make a movie, even several movies. Man loves war and the men in the Western countries/nations really love war, so much so that as in the case of just this one movie, many many lies were told to achieve a war. But, even though that war in Iraq was a lie, a war had to be also fought somewhere else, this time in Afghanistan for over twenty years…because man loves war.
The men in the West continue to love their wars and have turned their attention to Ukraine and Israel and Russia and parts of the African continent and even with warlike greedy eyes glaring at Taiwan, Iran, and China. So much war and for what. There are no more worlds to conquer, no other areas of land to invade or colonize. The reasons behind these wars, is so that Hollywood can make a movie, even sever movies. đŤđż
facts are facts..not opinions
Too bad TDS victim Rob Reiner is in this movie… I might have watched it otherwise
Interesting the producers/director would prop up Byrd like this.
So many lies. Weâre seeing even more today to support the congressional war machine. Victoria Nuland and CIA in Ukraine has spun deception to rally support against Russia. We bombed the Nordstrom pipelines and yet we forget and say never again. And yet here we are. AGAIN!
The invasion of Iraq was based in a lie and the United States government knew it.
United States lost the war in Afghanistan to goat đ herders wearing bathrobes and sandals!
Sadam Hussein was a thoroughly horrible person and may have been psychotic. He is guilty of so many crimes against his own people, and guilty of horrific war crimes. His name is extremely horrible to hear or pronounce out loud. He should never have been a friend of the US because he was so horrible! His crimes can never be forgotten,ever!
All about them profits and we need to be all about well being of us and this planet.
The entire Bush administration are traitors to this country.
And to this day the war criminals Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, Judith Miller and the rest are living free and easy while Iraq is still being bled. So it goes.
Putin invaded for no reason right ? 2014
âWhen the government fucks up, the soldiers pay the priceâ
It is very lonely telling the truth when you know that everyone else is being told lies and everyone else just repeats those lies!
damn. judith miller was a wretched shill for the war criminals in our government.
A great cast in a story about journalism about the war post 9/11 terrorist attack.
The FBI knew about the planned attack in July two months prior to the attack đŽ To make Bush jr look bad cause he was a republican đŽ Democrats are domestic terrorist đŽđ˘
I wonder if the judge in this case was Biden. He told a guy in a wheelchair to stand up at another venue. Is there a mean streak there?
Vlatka, Woody Harrelson's wife in the movie has it right "War IS BIG BUSINESS for them". NEOCONS, RINOS, GLOBALISTS and also our current disgraceful administration will try anything to prevent an America first, antiwar person from being the Leader of the free world. They are all guilty, both sides are corrupt and sellouts.
Excellent movie and I can see they tried to limit it's distribution by rating it R – Anybody see anything to justify an R Rating?
The 2003 Iraq invasion was Americas most boneheaded foreign policy in US history
you know I was 13 years old when the towers fell. The patriotism i had was beautiful. the women on the movie at the dinner table "smells alot like nationalism to me" libreal puke… I may not have old or smart enough to know if we should of been in iraq. It was America first. go after the enemy. As an American i really feel bad for what we did the Iraqi people. the political leaders in this country do this. they did it in Vietnam. they done it in every war. this was a good movie and a clear message to Americans that these politicians are the real enemy.. donald trump figured that out. thats why they hate him. a lot of Donald trump haters are the type of people that were against "big pharma" "war" and yet trump was on our side. then the media flipped around and started to work for the us government. and we see it now clear as day. they dont ask questions for us the American people. Only a small cringe group of Americans about gender inclusivity and the defense department and supporting joe Biden is what the media is now. "if we dont support ukriane then you want Putin to win. you are not American" words like this is the type of things the nazis use to say.. the democrats have been getting really sus lately. Chuck chummer the other day called for Netanyahu to step down and or the people to vote him out Israel needs new leadership. Thats Insane for us to say that. as we are responsible for over roughly half a million innocent women and children killed in the name for fighting terrorism… so how dare we tell israel how to wage there war when those monsters in hamas did what they did on live stream for the world to see. innocent women, men, kids, babys, dogs, cats.. stuff even the darkest horror movie could not even fathom. So who are we to tell israel how to wage their war??? when everyone clearly knows who done it. unlike how America killed generations of Iraqis for no reason at all other than they did not like the leadership in that country.
@1:13:22,, ask the people of Mosul, Najif, Halabja, Karbala, al-Faw, Sumar, al-Basrah, Panjwin to name only a few if what Mr. Ahmed Chalabi said is true. Was Saddam capable of amassing WMD? Did he? Given the nature of (so called) "TRUTH's" being told will Americans EVER KNOW if we're being told TRUTHS. Let history speak for itself. History says NO,, our media feed America what it's being told to shove down people's throats who are willing to accept what's going out over the airways via major news networks as being TRUTH.
Americans who were and are there,, in Iraq and Afghanistan,, know the truth. Will a democratic society work in those countrys? Learn just how powerful the tribal leaders – NOT working in Baghdad and Kabul – are then ask if a democratic society will work.
@1:17:31,, "Colin took one for the team." THAT people,,,, is truth. As Tommy's character said,, "always the good soldier." GOD Bless you Colin Powell.
WADC is always lying to you. It's not about liberty. It's about oligarchs making money.
Speaking for myself, should not watch movies like this, no fun to have to live it all over again and get angry all over again like history repeating itself.
Knight-Ridder is no more. Sad.
Ok movie. Many Americans paid for this movie to be made.
Unlike Great Britain, best to my befuddled (at best) memory, only on leader stood up and did not support the Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush agenda. I remember feeling ashmed of him at the time too. That person was our Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Jean Chretien. Well done sir.
lol Rob Reiner trying to uncover the truth. Must be a comedy
Im interested in this by the title. How many references to 1AD will there be?
You see! The media was already an extension or a mouth piece of the government. That's why CNN is failing and so is the others! We were duped, then they tried CV-19, to see how many would comply, again with the help of the media!
People are waking up, the bull crap doesn't work anymore!
Really, really great movie about an important cause. I worry that today, journalism no longer has to be right or researched – it only has to be FIRST. As a wise man once said – "A lie can travel around the world before the truth has got it's boots on."
This liberal view of the Iraq War is so full of BS its attracting flies. There were in fact WMDs in Iraq. We found some and evidence that more were in existence. I can see why this news outlet went out of business.
Ho Hum, another Lefty film directed by Meathead and staring the ever-paranoid libtard, Wood Harrelson. Fact remains, no war is ever fair, just or pretty, but at times, they need to be fought. Get over it, Libs.
It was Rumsfeld and Nixon after Vietnam, who decided to create a professional military force.
This move made it possible to send our young idealist patriots into the abyss, without the people questioning the motives of a few politicians.
And all you parents who secretly are happy that your own offspring is not obliged to partake in the dirty business of war, bare this responsibility.
All the ruined & maimed lives from another bogus just make $ war. Yes God forgives, turns things around & makes it right but you have to repent. I repent for my parents sins plus my own & am asking God to MAGA!
A crime against humanity & I pray for mercy.
The Media as diverse as the truth is, does not love our Country. The fact that the Media does not love our Country is evident by the lies the Media spills out to our Citizens like a wildfire.
If only we just had the Democrat Party, everything would be just perfect.
It's a good movie. Which shows our arrogant Americans are when they block the twin towers. Everybody wants to be proud to be America. But it's OK to destroy other people's countries like Iraq and other countries. This is why I'm no Patriot of America or any country to help with all? Of this, I know Patriot. America is an arrogant Roman Empire of the 21st century, basically.
The Government of America said to liberty things going on. They cause the problems and have we the people fight to. They will battles and 1 person. I won't be fighting no one's battles. You can count me out on that I place no legion and I go to war for no king no country. No land and definitely no don't stupid flag. No matter what a country is that was a false war, Vietnam was Vietnam was also a false war..
This movie shook proves the point that America is just as corrupt as Russia and China and I know different. This is why America so divided and so much. Bombs and homeless people in Rome and the streets and zombies, but we want to make war in all other countries. How come America don't get sanctions for the c*** and crimes they did? But everybody wants to convict Russia and China and Iran for the same b***** America should be held accountable for the crap that they do around the world also..
It's kind of funny. America wants to be the police and other countries must follow america's democracy. Is no democracy in America? Either freedom of America is ridiculous. It's freedom on democracy. Stuff is b***** That's what this basically is. There's also a thing, it's c***..
It's funny they try to fight to the people in Afghanistan. Yet they left and lost the wall in Afghanistan against the cave. People as you put it or San monkeys. Hey, they keep track of Afghanistan, just like the kicked out of the Russians, just like the kicktab english, some great Empire empire. Yuwa got kicked out by the Afghanistan. Yeah, you're a Great-Power OK, b*******..
All these countries are evil except America. What alone are the ballocks? America's assistant evil and as corrupt as any other country. You're no different America. You're a crooked as of a crooked penny. Will your time will come soon enough?
Young men fight and die reducing the US population which makes Bill Gates happy.
You can't give a country democracy if they don't want it.That's another stupid delusional thing that America does.Seizing going around the world and give them democracy when there's no democracy in America either you may have some type of false freedom in America.But is no democracy to bullshit talk bullcrap as what the shit is..
Soo⌠what was the point of having Jessica biel in this movie?
Sadam was a WMD I was there during Dessert Storm he's was controlling 21% of the world oil a psychopath what ever lie had to be t old to get him it was worth it
The funny thing is when we had the oportunity to end forever wars and end forein policy being run by the law enforcement and intelligence agencies Half of America decided to vote for Biden anyways. The same people that lied about WMDs are lying about Russia right now.
The first country we invaded after 9/11 was Kuwait, to liberate it from occupation by Iraq! Saadam made it clear he would torch all its oil fields if we invaded, and he did. It took more than a year to extinguish them. He therefote gave us every reason to regard him as a huge terroristic threat. There was no link to the Saudis and Islamic extremists, but no one knew the degree to which there might have been a connection as in "Your enemy is my enemy." We were caught completely by surprise such that anything might have been possible. Reiner is more wrong than right.
The invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq was predicated on the supposition that it made more aense to fight terrorists over there than here. This diversion of the Extremists largely worked! until Obama signaled them it would be safe to revive their agenda in his speech at Cairo where he gave 90 Muslim Brotherhood attendees the best seats down in front!
Good propaganda film disseminated by the left-wing Wokey McWoke reiner. Despite there being truth in this film against the Republican administration, including prez bush WAS an idiot, keep in mind these same lefties are turning this country into another socialist Venezuela based upon propaganda that socialism is what this country needs. Obviously, the pendulum of propaganda has swung to the left in contrast to the right-wing media propaganda in early 2000s. Both parties are corrupt, and citizens need to STOP believing the current left-wing lamestream media.
And look what it has become over the years … because John Doe doesn't want to hear the truth and elects one corrupt president after another and his batbeque and football are more important to him than the peace of the world.
The USA has become a disgrace to humanity.
Where does Reiner make it clear that Saddam killed 20k of his own people with poison gas, which is by definition the use of a weapon of mass destruction. It was therefore legitimate to believe he could do so to those of other nations.
"american democracy"….LOL: it's a Zionist Uniparty, and your vote is wasted calories.
Meathead w 1:11:15 as the only choice for this. Watching this, I just realized the story hasn't ended yet.
Soldiers never ask, "Why?" . All we do is die, die, die.
The WMD were there. Just read the book 'Biohazard" and "Saddam's Bombmaker". We cataloged them after the first gulf war. I know from direct sources that there were chicken production facilities in downtown Bagdad. Chicken embryos are used to propagate viruses. Saddam also had anthrax, fortunately, the wrong strain. We cataloged the Sarin and Tabun gas weapons. These were the weapons with which Saddam gassed the Kurds. The were also transported to Syria prior the the ground war. Assad later used these weapons against his own people. The Administration never made this public. in effect Bush fell upon his sword. Why? Because the international community would like to know where he got the gas weapons. Answer: we gave the precursors to him during the Iraq/Iran war. The Germans gave him the equipment to finalize the production. Fortunately, nerve gas requires above 95% purity for long term stability. Saddam was only able to obtain 45% purity and the weapon degraded rapidly. That's why they weren't effective against the Syrian people. My knowledge comes from personal communications with a member of the CIA and two members of Army intelligence. But it is confirmed in the books I acknowledged above.
TDS suffering Meathead was as far as I could make. Iâm out
Was going to watch but them I seen Rob Reiner's name. Need I say more!
Greed kills .
It's remarkable how presumptuous this script is and how badly the movie is structured. Reiner should have known using the same screenwriter was a bad decision since his 4 films before this failed miserably.. It's no wonder he can't get a call back from a studio.
TERRORISTS R US
Movie Date line 2006 ! The lesson this movie held for me was, the departure of true Journalism and the propaganda machine
that exist today. Journalism is not Free, evidenced by the high cost of a bought and paid for mainstream media that serves an
Elitist group(s) that have infiltrated key positions of Government, Corporations, Industry and Media at many levels.
'We the People' can no longer afford them !
Still believe it's all a lie.
I distinctly recall Bush saying: "if we don't go over there they will come here." I also distinctly recall yelling at the TV: "CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR!"
Awesome movie everyone should have to watch every year or so to remind us elections matter.
Hard to ignore the scenes from the Kurdish village where the weapons were used. The question was changed by media and the powers that be. The question was" did Sadaam prove that he no longer had wmd's or not". He refused to. After 911 we could not take that chance. revisionist history is stupid. The democrats all demanded a chance to reconfirm their desire to go to war after 911 after already giving Bush a proclamation saying they supported the war effort. Only one person voted against it. They all demanded the war and then made up the lies afterwards. You all come on here talking about critical thinking while you act like sheep. It's disgusting! I watched it happen and now the left wants to paint themselves as the virtuous ones. Both parties are lying manipulators. If you want to know who really is controlling you while stabbing you in the back just ask yourself who do you listen to and believe. The other side has no power over you because you won't listen to them. Your enemy is the same people who you are following.
War of lies
Bush lied people died. May God Bless the men and women in our military đ
And now look where we are at as a country. A demented puppet and his crack head son. Open borders and run away inflation. Bush days were mild compared to now.
Am not a fan of Reiner's politics these days. The film was well done though. Politicians and their puppets in the media sold the world a load of lies then and are STILL doing it. Time for WE THE PEOPLE to open our eyes and realize that the current government is doing the exact same thing – lying. Manufacturing has been shipped overseas , our energy industries chocked off… our economy is failing, the politicians have opened our country to the biggest threat in history by cancelling Trump's border controls. Our country is a potential powder keg as a result. They've militarizing our justice system, interferring with elections, imprisoning their opposition, censoring speech, crime rates soaring around the country, the CCP is actively involved in our country's politics, SOROS's funding is perverting our legal and voting systems. With all these indicators do you really think this administration means well? Do you still think our votes count for anything? If the Left was really interested in working FOR us, WHY IS OUR COUNTRY IN SUCH LOUSY SHAPE!
shock and awe from skull and bones
We witnessed the reverse of this in 2016 – Where The United States President (Trump) told us the truth all while the Media told its collective lies to usurp a duly elected President.
God save us all.
9/11 inside job… wonder if google still allows dissent in comments.
At the beginning the committee chairman sounds just like Biden. Asking someone in a wheelchair to stand up.
Complete and utter moroon.
JESUS SAID "THERE WILL BE WAR, AND RUMORS OF WAR, WHO R WE TO THINK WE R ABOVE HIM YO! đ
WARNING: THIS IS A ANTI BUSH AND ANTI REPUBLICAN MOVIE.
Notice the opening quote by Bill Moyers⌠do some actual âcritical thinkingâ and google why Moyers is gone. Youâll find another of his quotes: âpart of the red-meat strategy is to attack mainstream media relentlessly, knowing that if the press is effectively intimidated, either by the accusation of liberal bias or by a reporter's own mistaken belief in the charge's validity, the institutions that conservatives revereâcorporate America, the military, organized religion, and their own ideological bastions of influenceâwill be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence over American public life with relatively no challenge."[72] from Wikipedia, youâll pair it with this⌠and maybe youâll connect the dots. In short, we are cattle. Moo=vie along⌠MOO=vie along. Nothing to see here. Just chew your cud. MOO=vie along now. Good cow. Good cow. Burgers the big Bull has you. Market Street consumes you. MOO=vie along⌠MOO! MOO!
I've seen enough. I started watching then fell asleep and woke up and started watching the history I already lived through.
Remember the lessons learned here. Election is coming up soon.
This country is so screwed, and can't wait until it catches up with the ones that started it all