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Shock and Awe

"for at least five years." I got Michael O'Hanlonat Brookings saying

"for at least five years." I got Michael O'Hanlon
at Brookings saying

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"for at least five years."
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I got Michael O'Hanlon at Brookings saying...
Duration
5 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:54
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment,Savvy Media Holdings,Acacia Filmed Entertainment,Voltage Pictures

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Movie Summary

A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
"You definitely cannot count on it being a cakewalk." - Shock and Awe 00:07
"You definitely cannot count on it being a cakewalk.&qu...
"that this will destabilize the whole Middle East." - Shock and Awe 00:06
"that this will destabilize the whole Middle East."...
Let's see here... all right. - Shock and Awe 00:05
Let's see here... all right.
Our readers need to know what we've learned. - Shock and Awe 00:05
Our readers need to know what we've learned.
"In the best case scenario, U.S. troops could be stuck in Iraq... - Shock and Awe 00:05
"In the best case scenario, U.S. troops could be stuck ...
"for years trying to teach the inner workings of democracy... - Shock and Awe 00:04
"for years trying to teach the inner workings of democr...
"to a nation that has never known it. In the worst case... - Shock and Awe 00:05
"to a nation that has never known it. In the worst case...
"scenario, an invasion could cause Iraq's fractious ethnic... - Shock and Awe 00:05
"scenario, an invasion could cause Iraq's fractiou...
"trapping American combat forces in the middle... - Shock and Awe 00:04
"trapping American combat forces in the middle...
"of a bloody civil war for decades." - Shock and Awe 00:08
"of a bloody civil war for decades."
No. Yes. - Shock and Awe 00:05
No. Yes.
But I thought it might be a little, I don't know... - Shock and Awe 00:06
But I thought it might be a little, I don't know...
Okay, so what was the most embarrassing thing... - Shock and Awe 00:04
Okay, so what was the most embarrassing thing...
And the history of the Muslim world. - Shock and Awe 00:04
And the history of the Muslim world.
But the country that became Iraq is made up of only 20% Sunni. - Shock and Awe 00:06
But the country that became Iraq is made up of only 20% Sunn...
So, Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, with an iron fist rules... - Shock and Awe 00:06
So, Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, with an iron fist rules...
And the 20% Kurdish population in northern Iraq. - Shock and Awe 00:05
And the 20% Kurdish population in northern Iraq.
I know that Iran is the top sponsor of terror, not Iraq. - Shock and Awe 00:05
I know that Iran is the top sponsor of terror, not Iraq.
That a man named Ahmed Chalabi seems to be a con artist... - Shock and Awe 00:05
That a man named Ahmed Chalabi seems to be a con artist...
And you are quickly becoming my favorite writer. - Shock and Awe 00:05
And you are quickly becoming my favorite writer.