Comments on: Mailbox: What the Pentagon Says http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Peter Gaffney http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-535 Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:48:06 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-535 Someone recommended the 3-part BBC documentary, "The Power of Nightmares," which parallels the rise of Islamic extremism and the Neo-con movement. I probably got the link here originally, but here it is again: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm I highly recommend spending three hours watching these fascinating shows, particularly if you're not familiar with the background of either of these two influential movements, both of which had their beginnings in revulsion at the decadence and runaway individualism of American life in the 1940's. (It's surprising to learn that al-Qaeda owes its existence to a boy-girl dance in Colorado in 1947, but in a way it's true.) Someone recommended the 3-part BBC documentary, “The Power of Nightmares,” which parallels the rise of Islamic extremism and the Neo-con movement. I probably got the link here originally, but here it is again:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm

I highly recommend spending three hours watching these fascinating shows, particularly if you’re not familiar with the background of either of these two influential movements, both of which had their beginnings in revulsion at the decadence and runaway individualism of American life in the 1940’s. (It’s surprising to learn that al-Qaeda owes its existence to a boy-girl dance in Colorado in 1947, but in a way it’s true.)

]]> by: Richard http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-534 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:56:57 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-534 The Anon writer says you can't compare the Japanese with the Nazis because the Nazis are no longer there - Really, has he forgotten that the Nazis were Germans and that the Germans were Nazis and that the Germans are still here? Richard The Anon writer says you can’t compare the
Japanese with the Nazis because the Nazis are no longer there - Really, has he forgotten that the Nazis were Germans and that the Germans were Nazis and that the Germans are still here?

Richard

]]> by: Angel http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-533 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/04/28/mailbox-what-the-pentagon-says/#comment-533 Pay for a Pay-Pals Newswire? The way I see never getting! Pay-Pals agreed to pay members of their Organization. The Balitmore News or The Baltimore (TOE) or Appeals for Diginity, are the ones who are the 911 Emergency Funds Department. Pen-Pal or Check-Writing? What does the Pentagon say? Pay for a Pay-Pals Newswire? The way I see never getting! Pay-Pals agreed to pay members of their Organization. The Balitmore News or The Baltimore (TOE) or Appeals for Diginity, are the ones who are the 911 Emergency Funds Department. Pen-Pal or Check-Writing? What does the Pentagon say?

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