You MUST, MUST, see the FRONTLINE entitled "The Lost Year" about Iraq.
If you watch no other tv this month, watch for it. Interviews and commentary with the principals, except for a few (Rumsfeld and Powell, plus the rest of the sitting cabinet members and other secret powers that hang around the Pres). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/ Sign in to see full entry.