CNN Presents - War in Iraq - The Road to Baghdad

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Reviewer: Kyle Tolle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The invasion of Iraq – up close and personal
Review: Leading off in this well produced documentary of the war in Iraq, the issues of military force and the legalities of such are examined first. The subject of weapons of mass destruction are touched upon with added debate over reservations of U.S. action by the United Nations security council and foreign nations. This basically sets the tone for what is to come.Moving forward, preparations for war itself and use of military strategies and technology demonstrate the planning and resolve that the United States employed to achieve its mission.CNN and its front line correspondents then place you directly in the action as they report from the virtual center of the conflict traveling with ground forces. Many scenes of battle and conflict are shown to include skirmishes with Iraqi paramilitary forces, encounters with unconventional warfare, military operations in urban terrain (M.O.U.T.), and the effects of the elements on military operations.Following the war itself and the occupation of Baghdad, issues are analyzed as to the uncertainties of U.S. forces remaining in Iraq for an extended period and complications that may result from this. Interviews with analysts, reporters, military personnel, and others offer intriguing points of views and speculation on the often debated subject of American intervention in Iraq.War in Iraq – The Road to Baghdad is no doubt a comprehensive, interesting, and compelling production in and of itself. At just 90 minutes long, it is not all-encompassing but it does stand well on its own in examining the early, middle, and end stages of the entire affair.

Reviewer: Micha
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice images, but to much propaganda style material
Review: Being a big Desertstorm ‘fan’, I also bought this video, because although this war can’t compare to Desertstorm, I was expecting some nice images. That was true, but the whole war and the way it is presented was, in hindsight, a bit too much propaganda style and not really what I was hoping for. If you think the 2003 Iraq war was ‘cool’, this is great I guess. But as a Desertstorm ‘fan’, it was dissappointing.

Reviewer: J. Long
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More anti-American propaganda from [CNN]
Review: I bought this as a keepsake for my son who served in the USMC during the War for Iraqi Liberation, Oorah! We watched it together tonight, and neither of us can believe it was even the same war. This “documentary” focuses on the damage done to innocent Iraqi civilians by the evil American aggressors, and the inept “go it alone” cowboy mentality of the Bush administation. This account will give you the impression that the war was a colossal failure, not the new standard for 21st century combat that will be studied by military historians for years to come.Save your money and wait for the “fair and balanced” version of this war. Unless you preferred the Al-Jazeera version of events during the war, you will be disappointed and a bit angry with this.

Reviewer: chimpwheely
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Some Truth
Review: In response to some of the earlier posted anti-war rhetoric, here are the real facts:”Saddam was a secularist and hated al Qaeda” – as though simultaneous enemies of America have always shared the same ideology. Just ask the Japanese and Germans, or the Chinese and Russians, who agreed to set aside their mutual hatred to fight us for being emissaries of freedom. Under the Clinton administration it was considered standard intelligence dogma that Osama and Saddam worked together; only the controversy over Iraq has post-facto questioned that former pillar of American and European intelligence doctrine – and for entirely political reasons.There was a reason Abu Nidal and Abu Abbas were in Baghdad. And it was the same reason why al Qaeda was working in Kurdistan, why al Zarqawi went to Baghdad to Saddam’s doctors, why there is good reason to believe that before the first World Trade Center bombing the culpable terrorists had ties with Iraqi intelligence, and why seized documents now coming to light in Iraq reveal a long history of cooperation between Islamic terrorists and Saddam’s secret police. To think otherwise would be crazy, given the shared aims of both in attacking Americans and getting them out of the Middle East. The only puzzle is whether Saddam contributed to the 9/11 terrorist fund or simply was apprised of al Qaeda’s general efforts.Thanks VDH.

Reviewer: Charm.city.sinner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: god help me…I’m defending CNN
Review: This review is just as much response to the one-star reviews as it is my own personal review.First of all, I would consider this to be a very neutral look at the war. Since the two main reasons for going to war (WMD & Al Qaeda) have been disproven, this release can only be seen as a neutral look strictly at the military aspects of the war. I’m not sure what the right-wingers and fox viewers were expecting, but the DVD shows that the U.S. military had a more or less easy go of it in Iraq. If all the release is supposed to do is look at the military aspect of the war, then this dvd does that. It is one-sided and comes from only an American perspective, but it covered what it was supposed to.For those of you who think CNN is “liberal,” I would say that just because CNN would seem to favor Democrats (in a less extreme version of how fox favors Republicans) does not make them “liberal.” Democrats have been a lot of things the last 25 years…cowardly, accomodating, and spineless…but “liberal” is certainly not a label the Democrats can wear these days.And for my friend that complained about all the footage of injured or dead Iraqis: Just because you’d rather not hear about them (for whatever reason) does not mean they cease to exist.

Reviewer: Don DeBord
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Made it home
Review: Nice to look back

Reviewer: Johhny U. Nitus
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Decent Job reporting
Review: It was a decent documentry. Not to biased in either direction.

Reviewer: gus l. trammell
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One Star
Review: Poor

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great historical DVD – Arrived quickly and was in good shape – a good addition to my collection