Quagmire on tape

I saw most of GNN's BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge on Showtime yesterday. It's a fascinating documentary about the complexity of the Iraq occupation, and does what I feel is a fairly good job showing the differing assumptions and access to information of the parties involved, and includes perspectives of a US Army officer, a post-Desert Storm anti-Saddam rebel and exile, a nonprofit worker, and a woman sympathizing with the insurgents. It struck me how both the Army and insurgent voices were woefully ignorant of each other's motives and experience. It's striking, really, that the fundamental problem appears to be a lack of communication and trust.

Id love to see an update, as a lot has changed since it was shot in late 2003. If you've got access to Showtime or the DVD, I'd suggest watching BattleGround as soon as you can.