Couloir Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 This has been out for a couple of months, but I don't think anyone has discussed it here. Interesting take on what we potentially face. Like him or not, he makes some salient points. CNN Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 OMG! Enemy activities! THOUSANDS of people across this planet are after us! PLEASE, TAKE ALL MY RIGHTS AND MY MONEY AND KILL ALL THE BOOGIE MAN! ps. And they are using the INTERNET! CHENEY-GINRICH in 2008! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I kindergarten and elsewhere the truth usually lies somewhere near the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 In Religion, Hollywood, Fundamentalistan, and lately U.S. politics, the favorite strategy is to promote strong emotional reactions to imaginary situations. Fear is the mind-killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) Pretty standard and generic anti-islamic fear mongering, although I do agree with his assessment that the American people will readily give up their civil liberties in the wake of another attack (given how much we've laid down since 911). He conveniently negates the massive condemnation of terrorism from the the muslim world, both here and abroad. He mistakenly links terrorism soley with Islam (going along with a predictably popular but mistaken fad in Washington), when much of the bombing that occurs in Iraq and elsewhere are more motivated by political turf wars. He pretends that the American public has been asleep, when it's clear from the policies we've accepted like sheep, most notably the invasion of Iraq and our incredibly stupid choice of presidents, that we're more accurately paralyzed by paranoia. We would have been much better off had we laid off the 'global war on terror' rhetoric which has so successfully acted in favor of terrorist organizations to ensure their center stage place in history and thus stoke their recruitment and instead demoted terrorism to what it is: common criminality. We would have been much better off had we brushed off 911 instead of treating like a death blow, kicked the Taliban's ass in retaliation, and moved the fuck on towards energy independence and other policies that would have actually moved us foreward. Finally, he offers no solutions. "Tolerate" the lack of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia? What does he propose? Invasion? Sanctions? (Yeah, right). Not while we're sucking on that oil dick, Newt. Iran WILL use a nuclear weapon? Why would they and how does he know this? Standard fearmongering. Been there, done that for going on six years now. Fatter head, same old message. Edited October 30, 2007 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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