I've been watching several highly regarded documentaries lately and so far I think this is the best. There is no manipulation, just straight presentation of facts and points of view in a logical order. It doesn't try to control what you think or believe, it lets reason do that for you. The music is minimal and the footage is directly relevant.I think you could use this as a sample for testing whether someone is telling the truth or lying. Or at least whether they're comfortable with what they're being asked. Because the ones telling the truth look you right in the eye and say what they mean. They rest their stare on you. They might nod. They let a silence remain afterwards. But when someone is lying or trying to avoid a question, they fidget, they squirm. They avert their eyes, their words become vague. You can viscerally see how nervous they are - they swallow, they show small tics, they sweat.We get many points of view from different sides and positions. Of course, the most powerful players were not interested in being interviewed for the film. Some of the soldiers are still suffering but it's not melodramatic.On to the actual subject matter. I didn't know much about the Iraq war and when I recently asked my parents, they recited what originally came to my mind: oil, WMDs, unproven links with Al-Qaeda. Now I feel I have a reasonably good overall picture of what happened. The invasion went fairly well. But the occupation was terribly under-planned. And some awful and dangerous decisions were made. Inexperienced people were given important jobs. Too few interpreters were involved. There was a general ignorance of the culture of Iraq and its relevance to the occupation.Several times, the interviewees explain how they noticed a problem and tried to do something about. Tried to inform the people in charge, warn them. But they wouldn't listen. That seems to be the pattern. The occupation wasn't given proper attention and funding. They cut corners wherever they could. The politicians were better at smiling and looking good than getting things done. And the problems were swept under a rug. Now that the dust has settled, it is brutally clear how simple a lot of the problems were and how easily they could have been avoided.This movie is highly disturbing but not for violence so much as how lazy and indifferent the American administration was. They were happy to start a war but not to follow through in the proper, necessary way. Of course Iraqis started to hate America. They got rid of Saddam Hussein and then let chaos reign. They watched as rebels armed themselves, looting ruined cities and museums and people started killing each-other.It's sickening when you see Rumsfeld and Bush brushing questions off as if there were just minor problems with the war. This is one case where the juxtaposition seems completely in context. The mixture of confused disgust and horror you will inevitably feel by the end of this documentary is captured perfectly in the faces of the interviewees.

If all that is said is true, then this is like some kind of twisted Orwellian nightmare. It's Animal Farm all over again as a select few individuals make the choices. Terrifying in more ways than one, the film shows the disastrous war, planned out my money grabbing idiots. It's not just the dying soldiers/Iraqi civilians that highlight the problems, but also the unemployment and destruction of Iraq's cultural heritage. The only protection is offered to the oil fields. Again, the big names refuse to take part. But there are some balanced arguments, which sometimes fall into "he said/she said" retorts. No End In Sight is riveting stuff, and if even just a handful of claims are true, then it's worth taking note.

This documentary is amazing. It describes the IRAQ issues very well and shows the arrogance and ignorance in the mistakes made in Iraq. Amazingly the problems were well understood and still occurred. It is ridiculous and scary that this level of stupidity can exist in the USA at top levels and terrifying to see it proved so well here. One can only hope more people will see this documentary. It is relevant to anyone wanting to understand the IRAQ situation clearly, and even more it gives you an understanding that the future events there will most likely escalate to effect the entire world we live in. The interviews are well done with intelligent people who were "in the know" and also the use of the news cuttings that reflect the position of the Bush Government is well done too, illustrating the massive lies the public have been told. You get to see the EXACT decisions made in the beginning which echo through the entire IRAQ disaster to this day. It also shows the unfortunate perspective of soldiers who have been let down by these decisions. The perspective of people in IRAQ and the emotional content is handled well, this area has been hidden far too long from the public. You are left realizing just how irreparable the damage done to the IRAQI people is.

This is an amazing conformation of the Bush administrations utter failure in the handling of the Iraq war. A girl scoot troop could have made better and more informed decisions. Perhaps even a troop of monkeys would have done a better job then Bush's henchmen?The errors in judgment and lack of military experience within the administration are both appalling and telling of the Bush white house. Every military expert was systematically ignored or sidelined. It's as if the Bush administration's primary and sole interest or concern was the protection and acquisition of Iraq's oil provisions.This film is a testament to the complete and absolute failure of the Bush presidency.