[BBC2] The Power Of Nightmares

[Escapism]

dinsdag 18 jan, 00:20 - 01:20
woensdag 19 jan, 00:20 - 01:20
donderdag 20 jan, 00:20 - 01:20

1e deel is dus al geweest. maargoed, erg interessant vond ik.

Het gaat, kort door de bocht, over hoe 'we' opeens terecht zijn gekomen in the war on terror.

wat bbc.co.uk er over zegt:
The series demonstrates how the threat of Islamist terrorism has been distorted and exaggerated by politicians. While there is a terrorist threat from radical Islamism, the idea that we are faced by a terrifying hidden organisation orchestrated by evil mastermind Osama bin Laden is a fantasy.

It is a myth that has spread unquestioned through politics, the security services and the international media.

At the heart of the story are two groups: the American neoconservatives and the radical Islamists. Both groups were idealistic, born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. Together they created today's nightmare vision of an organised terror network.

The story begins in 1949 with two men. One an Egyptian school inspector called Sayyid Qutb. His ideas would directly inspire those who flew the planes on the September 11th 2001 attack. The other was philosopher Leo Strauss. His ideas would be one of the main influences on the neoconservative movement that now dominates Washington.

In an age of growing disillusion with politics the neoconservatives turned to fear in order to pursue their vision. They would create the spector of a hidden network of evil run by the Soviet Union that only they could see.

While the Islamists, faced by the refusal of the masses to follow their dream, began to turn to terror to force the people to see the truth. They were led by Ayman Zawahiri who would become Osama bin Laden's mentor.

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aflevering 2 (vanavond):

The Phantom Victory

The American neoconservatives and the radical Islamists come together to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Both believe that it was they who had defeated the 'evil empire' and now had the power to transform the world. But both fail in their revolutions.

In response the neoconservatives invent a new fantasy enemy, Bill Clinton the depraved moral monster, to try and regain their power. Meanwhile, the Islamists descend into a cycle of violence and terror to try and persuade the people to follow them.

Out of all this comes the start of the strange world of violence and fear in which we now live.

[Escapism]

leuk joh, een privétopic
maargoed, was weer een erg boeiende aflevering.

[Levitating Nun]

Klinkt inderdaad als een goed programma.
Jammer dat ik het heb moeten missen.

[Escapism]

een reactie, wow
www.bbc.co.uk/nightmares > hier is nog wel het één en ander na te lezen

Klein upje.

ftp://ia108025.us.archive.org/1/item...rOfNightmares/

Kijkt u eens aan, aflevering 1 tm 3 geheel gratis.

Ben bezig met aflevering 1 en tot voor zover erg interessant.

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i...0&c=1&s=bergen

Na afloop nog wat leuke kritieken om het beeld wat de docu schept wat te nuanceren.

Maar overall erg interessante docu.

[Levitating Nun]

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