Documentary recommendations

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Kasz216 said:

ameratsu said:

Power of Nightmares, The (2004) - 3 Part BBC Documentary about the use of fear in politics. The first part of this documentary is a must watch as it shows the links between the early neo-conservative movement in the US and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Available for free on Google Video.

I'm confused by "the power of Nightmares".

The early Neo-Conservative movement in the US started during the cold war... because of the USSR... and a certain branch of the democratic party splitting off and joining the republicans.

So I think the BBC is off on this one.

Yeah that's what the Power of Nightmares says.  I think ameratsu meant to say "similarities between" and not "links between."  It discusses how both movements came out of the Cold War, and they both claim to have defeated the Soviet Union, and they both use fear to try to control people.  It doesn't say that Wolfowitz planned 9/11 or anything crazy like that.