Wednesday, August 23, 2006

How Liberals Fight Terrorism

They are enamored with rather than critical of terrorists. Even the NY Times finds fault with this CBS Documentary:

On the one hand, the producers here are attentive to Mr. bin Laden’s skill at media manipulation. On the other, they themselves seem half-seduced by the portrait of the pure-hearted Arab revolutionary that has so captivated parts of the Muslim world. With the heavy rotation of soulful portraits of the soft-voiced prophet of jihad with Super 8-style movies of the warrior on horseback, parts of “In the Footsteps of bin Laden” could almost double as a recruiting video for Al Qaeda...Finally, there’s something way too credulous about “In the Footsteps of bin Laden.” The documentary spends almost no time with critics in the Arab world who see Mr. bin Laden as a dangerous fanatic who may have pushed the world to the brink of a global catastrophe. Hasn’t Mr. Bergen learned anything in the eventful nine years since he met the terrorist?