Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Michael Moore Documentary
Michael Moore is one of America's most known filmmakers. He released his controversial movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" and it is quite obvious that Michael Moore is a propagandist for the left. The ideas presented about the Bush administration in Moore's work are sure to stir up debate. The main ideas talked about in this movie was about Bush being on vacation frequently, President Bush went ahead with a reading and photo-op at a grade school in Florida after hearing about the attacks,the White House allowed 142 Saudi Arabians, including members of Osama bin Laden's family, to leave the United States without questioning, and the fact that there are 535 congressmen and senators, and only one has an enlisted son who served in the military in Iraq. In the movie Michael kept bringing up the fact that Bush was always playing golf. According to White House reporter Mark Knoller, Obama played 186 rounds of golf during his presidency through Aug. 12, and that number that has gone up a bit since then due to additional rounds on Martha’s Vineyard. While Bush played many fewer rounds as president, 24 to be exact. Moore examines the first part of Bush's term as commander in chief before -9-11, and portrays him as impotent on issues of policy and federal appointments. Bush argues that he can lead the country just as effectively outside Washington as inside. Moore, however,argues that Bush just lacked focus. Another controversial topic was that after learning that a commercial airliner had hit the World Trade Center, President Bush sat with the children for about seven minutes longer before getting up to leave. This is supposed to reinforce Moore's point that Bush's presidency lacked focus even as the tragic events of that day were unfolding. But in my opinion I think this shows that Bush is an even stronger leader. Imagine finding out that thousands of people are dying at the moment and putting on a strong and powerful face for the public. Would Moore rather have seen him jump up once he found out and run out of the room scaring all the children and scaring the public? Let’s say that Bush did do this, what could have Bush done? It is not like he could fly out to the World Trade Center and help rescue the people, or even politely ask the terrorists to stop. A point that I agreed with was the fact that Bin Laden's family was never questioned. …show more content…
In the days following 9/11, after commercial air traffic was resumed, the White House allowed 142 Saudi Arabians, including members of Osama bin Laden's family(24 people), to leave the United States without questioning them even after it was known that many of the 9-11 hijackers were Saudi nationals. After I heard this I looked up some of the information myself and found out that the specific numbers Moore presents in the film haven't been confirmed, but the general flight information was confirmed through media reports and statements from both the White House and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S. However, many of the Saudi Arabians were students enrolled in American colleges. The explanation given by the White House was that Bin Laden's relatives, were afraid of possible repercussions against them even though many Bin Ladens said they had disowned Osama. Moore spends much of movie criticizing the relationship between the Bush family and Saudi royals. He states that the relationship might prove to be a huge conflict between the interests of the American people and those of the Bush administration.
The final point Michael argues it that the congressmen are behind the war, yet there are 535 congressmen and senators, and only one has an enlisted son or daughter who served in the military in Iraq. Fahrenheit 9/11 emphasizes how a disproportionate number of soldiers fighting the war in Iraq are from lower-income families in places like Flint, Michigan. Moore attempts to highlight this by presenting the notion that, of the many people in Congress voting to send young men and women to war, very few would commit their own children to the fight. The goal of the film was to show how corrupt the Bush administration was, and show
Michael Moore is one of America's most known filmmakers. He released his controversial movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" and it is quite obvious that Michael Moore is a propagandist for the left. The ideas presented about the Bush administration in Moore's work are sure to stir up debate. The main ideas talked about in this movie was about Bush being on vacation frequently, President Bush went ahead with a reading and photo-op at a grade school in Florida after hearing about the attacks,the White House allowed 142 Saudi Arabians, including members of Osama bin Laden's family, to leave the United States without questioning, and the fact that there are 535 congressmen and senators, and only one has an enlisted son who served in the military in Iraq. In the movie Michael kept bringing up the fact that Bush was always playing golf. According to White House reporter Mark Knoller, Obama played 186 rounds of golf during his presidency through Aug. 12, and that number that has gone up a bit since then due to additional rounds on Martha’s Vineyard. While Bush played many fewer rounds as president, 24 to be exact. Moore examines the first part of Bush's term as commander in chief before -9-11, and portrays him as impotent on issues of policy and federal appointments. Bush argues that he can lead the country just as effectively outside Washington as inside. Moore, however,argues that Bush just lacked focus. Another controversial topic was that after learning that a commercial airliner had hit the World Trade Center, President Bush sat with the children for about seven minutes longer before getting up to leave. This is supposed to reinforce Moore's point that Bush's presidency lacked focus even as the tragic events of that day were unfolding. But in my opinion I think this shows that Bush is an even stronger leader. Imagine finding out that thousands of people are dying at the moment and putting on a strong and powerful face for the public. Would Moore rather have seen him jump up once he found out and run out of the room scaring all the children and scaring the public? Let’s say that Bush did do this, what could have Bush done? It is not like he could fly out to the World Trade Center and help rescue the people, or even politely ask the terrorists to stop. A point that I agreed with was the fact that Bin Laden's family was never questioned. …show more content…
In the days following 9/11, after commercial air traffic was resumed, the White House allowed 142 Saudi Arabians, including members of Osama bin Laden's family(24 people), to leave the United States without questioning them even after it was known that many of the 9-11 hijackers were Saudi nationals. After I heard this I looked up some of the information myself and found out that the specific numbers Moore presents in the film haven't been confirmed, but the general flight information was confirmed through media reports and statements from both the White House and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S. However, many of the Saudi Arabians were students enrolled in American colleges. The explanation given by the White House was that Bin Laden's relatives, were afraid of possible repercussions against them even though many Bin Ladens said they had disowned Osama. Moore spends much of movie criticizing the relationship between the Bush family and Saudi royals. He states that the relationship might prove to be a huge conflict between the interests of the American people and those of the Bush administration.
The final point Michael argues it that the congressmen are behind the war, yet there are 535 congressmen and senators, and only one has an enlisted son or daughter who served in the military in Iraq. Fahrenheit 9/11 emphasizes how a disproportionate number of soldiers fighting the war in Iraq are from lower-income families in places like Flint, Michigan. Moore attempts to highlight this by presenting the notion that, of the many people in Congress voting to send young men and women to war, very few would commit their own children to the fight. The goal of the film was to show how corrupt the Bush administration was, and show