<p>Hmm,
I’ll admit that I was unable to get past the first episode, which is why I avoided participating in the discussion which ensued among the faith-based community. What I saw was juvenile. I was reminded of “Reefer Madness”…the same kind of laughable propaganda. I learned that: Leo Strauss invented the myth of “Manifest Destiny” and somehow engendered the “Great Awakening”–both of which had occurred long prior to his birth, but what the heck he’s a NEOCON. I learned that the concept of international Islamist terrorism is a “dark myth that has spread unquestioned.” Hello? Ever hear of the European press? That Straussian thought is strongly influenced by 50’s television–specifically, “Gunsmoke” and “Perry Mason.” That when Nasser sought to modernize Egypt, his model wasn’t Attaturk, next door, but CIA handlers who also taught him that whips could be used for torture (that had never happened in the Middle East before, naturally). This was Brit Michael Moore, reinforcing the beliefs of the believers.</p>