Least effective is when Moore attempts to tie together too much near the end of the film, somehow trying to link increased defense spending with poverty, and the problems of the impoverished leading them to adopt a higher rate of military service as the only jobs available. He's better when pointing out the specific administration foibles, not trying to slap-dash his own socialist mantra onto what is happening.

The most disturbing part of the film for many, myself included, was the portion showing Bush's reacting to the second plane hitting by sitting and reading "My Pet Goat" with schoolchildren for an inexplicable seven minutes. Moore's attempts to guess at what he is thinking are not so convincing - in fact, they are perhaps the second-weakest note in the film. The impression that Bush was waiting for someone to tell him what to do is a worrisome conclusion that's hard to dismiss.

Given Moore's reported factual problems with "Bowling for Columbine", which I have not seen, I am interested in any factual inaccuracies in this film as well. On first viewing, the main problems seem to ones of interpretation and inference, not so much any facts that I noted as being wrong. But overall, it's so rare to see a movie exploring American politics with such naked opinions, compared with the dull, washed up TV news coverage, that it's just not possible to ignore this movie as a major political film of our time.