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Old 08-20-2007, 08:38 PM
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Default Re: The Power of Nightmares.

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The biggest problem that I have with this film is its drawing of a moral equivalency between Islamists and Neo-Conservatives.

It is a very sublte assumption, but it's there. It is, in my mind, also contrived and baseless.

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Is it more or less "contrived and baseless", in your opinion, than the assertion of unilateral moral authority by the U.S.?

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They do not draw any "moral equivalency" between Islamists and neo-cons. In fact, if you research the history of the phrase "moral equivalency" it was developed by those with a neo-con persuasion to attack the credibility of anyone who criticises foriegn policy. e.g
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