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Excellent review and commentary on the movie from Juan Cole, who points out the strengths and weaknesses of Moore's arguments. He thinks the anti-Saudi stuff was overstated ("The Saudis don't own more than a tiny proportion of the privately held wealth in the US. They are not even the major foreign investor in the US — The British, Dutch, and Japanese top them.") and points out that oil pipeline talks with the Taliban go back to Clinton's tenure. (It's true: check out Ahmed Rashid's Taliban for more details.). On the other hand, the war footage and PATRIOT Act stuff is compelling and infuriatingly true. Worth a read.