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[Royale with Cheese]

http://torrentfreak.com/documentary-the-power-of-nightmares/

Just started watching and am thoroughly entertained in just the first few minutes. It really opens up a lot of insight into 9/11, the Bush administration, and world politics altogether. Also, even though I'm American, it's really a poignant, powerful view of how other nations perceive America and its influence at a global level.

 

[Mr. E. Yis]

Ya, it's very good. It's been around for a bit, and they repeat the series once in a while. I think there's 3 parts to it, each 1 hour.

 

[Lunatic]

"This a series of three BBC documentaries that show how fear is an ultimate tool for politicians to preserve their power. As director Adam Curtis puts it, “Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares.”

One of the central questions the documentary poses is, Could it be that the image of a well-organized international terrorist conspiracy is just a myth? The impressive documentary does not say that there are no terrorist threats at all. It just doubts whether it is as well-organized, and world threatening as some politicians and fanatic leaders want us to believe."

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7815944823333801032
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8828105995955577664
Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8732625326538179377

 

[choc_cake]

okay, I tried to get past the introduction and just couldn't take it anymore.

Is this how we explain the world to our children?

Oh, those terrorists are really just a government plot
to keep the people in line.

I'm sorry, this is the kind of stuff that make me dislike
liberals even more than I do.

It is complete garbage.

Sure, I do believe that goverments cause things
but not the way they want to. The USA helped Sadam
and also helped Osama against the rusians including
supplying them, but it wasn't to make him a terrorist,
it was to fight back against the Soviet Union and communism.

Even if conservative republicans did not exist there would be terrorism.

Really dumb liberal thinking will do nothing but drive you insane.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

okay, I tried to get past the introduction and just couldn't take it anymore.

You might want to watch the rest of it before launching into your tirade.
It's not saying Al Qaeda doesn't exist or is a government plot, it's saying Al Qaeda is not a SPECTRE-style organisation the way certain people have painted it.
It also shows the interesting parallels between the rise of both Islamic extremism & Neo-conservatives.

 

[hooded pitohui]

okay, I tried to get past the introduction and just couldn't take it anymore.

Is this how we explain the world to our children?

Oh, those terrorists are really just a government plot
to keep the people in line.

I'm sorry, this is the kind of stuff that make me dislike
liberals even more than I do.

It is complete garbage.

Sure, I do believe that goverments cause things
but not the way they want to. The USA helped Sadam
and also helped Osama against the rusians including
supplying them, but it wasn't to make him a terrorist,
it was to fight back against the Soviet Union and communism.

Even if conservative republicans did not exist there would be terrorism.

Really dumb liberal thinking will do nothing but drive you insane.

worst lyrics ever

 

[MrSardonic]

It is complete garbage.

you make that comment based on a few minutes viewing despite it drawing on many sources, including people who spent years studying Al-Qaeda, members of past US administrations, and people who once worked with top Al-Qaeda members.

it's an excellent documentary that you've just dismissed for totally ignorant reasons and ramblings. It has nothing to do with the internal, and ridiculous, US war between so-called-liberals and so-called-conservatives.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

okay, I tried to get past the introduction and just couldn't take it anymore.

Is this how we explain the world to our children?

Oh, those terrorists are really just a government plot
to keep the people in line.

I'm sorry, this is the kind of stuff that make me dislike
liberals even more than I do.

It is complete garbage.

Sure, I do believe that goverments cause things
but not the way they want to. The USA helped Sadam
and also helped Osama against the rusians including
supplying them, but it wasn't to make him a terrorist,
it was to fight back against the Soviet Union and communism.

Even if conservative republicans did not exist there would be terrorism.

Really dumb liberal thinking will do nothing but drive you insane.

:lol It was only a matter of time, I guess.

 

[videogamer]

"This a series of three BBC documentaries that show how fear is an ultimate tool for politicians to preserve their power. As director Adam Curtis puts it, “Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares.”

One of the central questions the documentary poses is, Could it be that the image of a well-organized international terrorist conspiracy is just a myth? The impressive documentary does not say that there are no terrorist threats at all. It just doubts whether it is as well-organized, and world threatening as some politicians and fanatic leaders want us to believe."

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7815944823333801032
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8828105995955577664
Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8732625326538179377

nice thanks