I don't see how not reading every single post on this thread means I'm lazy, but thanks for being so helpful. I'm so glad now that I didn't miss yet another pile of crap - NOT! This, for example, is laughable ....
Saudi Departures from United States
Deceits 12-15
Moore is guilty of a classic game of saying one thing and implying another when he describes how members of the Saudi elite were flown out of the United States shortly after 9/11.
If you listen only to what Moore says during this segment of the movie—and take careful notes in the dark—you’ll find he’s got his facts right. He and others in the film state that 142 Saudis, including 24 members of the bin Laden family, were allowed to leave the country after Sept. 13.
The date—Sept. 13—is crucial because that is when a national ban on air traffic, for security purposes, was eased.
But nonetheless, many viewers will leave the movie theater with the impression that the Saudis, thanks to special treatment from the White House, were permitted to fly away when all other planes were still grounded. This false impression is created by Moore’s failure, when mentioning Sept. 13, to emphasize that the ban on flights had been eased by then. The false impression is further pushed when Moore shows the singer Ricky Martin walking around an airport and says, “Not even Ricky Martin would fly. But really, who wanted to fly? No one. Except the bin Ladens.”
But the movie fails to mention that the FBI interviewed about 30 of the Saudis before they left. And the independent 9/11 commission has reported that “each of the flights we have studied was investigated by the FBI and dealt with in a professional manner prior to its departure.”
First of all, I can only discern 2 supposed "deceits" being referred to here. Where the other 2 are eludes me. The first is that Moore created a false impression that the Saudi flights took place when other planes were grounded, but only because he didn't "emphasize" that fact that they weren't. Is that the best they can do? BTW, notice Moore didn't say Ricky Martin "couldn't" fly. However, he could have said that because air restrictions were only eased after 9/13, they weren't totally lifted.
The second "deceit" is that the movie fails to mention that some of the Saudis (a whole 30 out of 142) were interviewed by the FBI before their departure. In fact, it is mentioned in the interview with Craig Unger.
The Bushies are really grasping at straws here. Why don't they come up with evidence that Moore altered or edited film clips and documents as some of you have suggested? It's easy enough to prove if it's true. Calling the opinions Moore may express in the film "lies" or "deceits" is ludicrous.
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