Absolutely brilliantly put together, if a very difficult watch.
If you’ve not watched it already, it’s worth watching the superb Generation Kill – all now on Sky Atlantic
It’s done by the same guys who wrote The Wire, who were embedded with the troops when they went into Iraq, and wrote it based on their experience. They say it’s a very accurate portrayal of what they saw, and that’s easy to believe
It’s a seven episode series – an episode for each day of the first week of the invasion – with a Marine recon division
It’s a damning indictment. It illustrates the total ineptitude of the people in charge and the complete absence of any form of plan. They were literally making it up as they went along. Total chaos. The killing of civilians through either gung ho nonsense or shear incompetence. It’s gripping stuff!