The
War Behind Closed Doors
A
FRONTLINE- Documentary
(60 min.)
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| War in Iraq seems imminent. Is there more to Washington's determination to take on Saddam Hussein than the fear Iraq is creating weapons of mass destruction? This special one-hour FRONTLINE investigates the roots of a new American policy toward Iraq and traces the development of what is called "The Bush Doctrine". From the fateful decision by President George W. Bush's father not to continue to Baghdad at the end of the Gulf War, to the crystallizing of a new, tougher, foreign policy in the days immediately after the 9/11 attacks in New York, some members of the Washington foreign policy establishment have been formulating a new American view of its place in the world. That group, now in power as part of the Bush Administration, lobbied the President to face down Saddam, remake Iraq and send a forceful message to the rest of the world—America will not tolerate terrorists or tyrants. These men, their histories, and the implications of their tough, new ideas form the core of this new FRONTLINE. | |||