We spent a few hours yesterday re-watching Adam Curtis's documentary 'The Power of Nightmares'. Dealing with the rise of the Neo-Conservative movement in the US and the parallel rise of radical Islam, Curtis argues that governments, specifically the powerful Neo-Con thinkers behind the Bush administration, exaggerate threats in order to more effectively control and unite their people.
Osama Bin Laden who was finally killed last night in Pakistan features in these three films, and they make especially interesting viewing in light of the closing of this chapter in the current global powerplay.
If you haven't seen the films, you can watch them here:
http://thoughtmaybe.com/video/the-power-of-nightmares
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