I got around to finishing up this really good documentary about former VP Dick Cheney off Showtime the other night. It goes into his early up- bringing, his days on the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford staffs, and ultimately his heading up the George W. Bush administration and the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and war on terror.
As Cheney was interviewed throughout the film, he is unapologetic about all his disastrous decisions. But the thing that I found incredibly interesting about this doc. was how it implied that everything we were thinking about Cheney and Bush's professional relationship was actually true!?? It implied basically that Cheney was the ring-leader- he was hired by Bush, who was rather insecure, to be the man-in-charge, hire everybody else, and then sorta run the show..?? But after awhile, it seemed Bush was kept in the dark by Cheney and others on the staff, so things turned ugly. So this is a movie about Dick Cheney- from HIS perspective, but at the same time, he comes across as the villain, and GW Bush as the hero-??? WTF??! LOL
As Cheney was interviewed throughout the film, he is unapologetic about all his disastrous decisions. But the thing that I found incredibly interesting about this doc. was how it implied that everything we were thinking about Cheney and Bush's professional relationship was actually true!?? It implied basically that Cheney was the ring-leader- he was hired by Bush, who was rather insecure, to be the man-in-charge, hire everybody else, and then sorta run the show..?? But after awhile, it seemed Bush was kept in the dark by Cheney and others on the staff, so things turned ugly. So this is a movie about Dick Cheney- from HIS perspective, but at the same time, he comes across as the villain, and GW Bush as the hero-??? WTF??! LOL