New York Times, April 7, 2005
Arabs Lift Their Voices
Until the recent elections in Iraq and among the Palestinians, the modern Arab world was largely immune to the winds of democracy that have blown everywhere else in the world. Why? That's a pretty important question. For years, though, it was avoided in both the East and the West.
In the West it was avoided because a toxic political correctness infected the academic field of Middle Eastern studies - to such a degree that anyone focusing on the absence of freedom in the Arab world ran the risk of being labeled an "Orientalist" or an "essentialist." It was also avoided because Western governments basically told Arab leaders that all they needed to do was keep their oil pumps open and their prices low and be nice to Israel. If they did all that, they could deny their own people the freedom America advocated everywhere else.
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Thomas L. Friedman's documentary "Does Europe Hate Us?" will be shown on the Discovery Channel tonight at 8 and on the Discovery Times Channel on Monday at 9 p.m.
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What a Bush Shrill!
I'm watching this hack as I type and his documentary is so slanted.
Damn, if this SMF has his way America will be invading France next.
He picked out two Muslim's in France who admitted to supporting OBL. But the way he shot the thing the viewer is led to believe that the two Muslim girls were just randomly picked off the streets.
This really reeks of the first really calculated and organized "news" piece to blantly shove Europe further away and paint them as the possible enemy.
This Friedman is a real hack and I don't put anymore stock in his credibility than I would Gannon.
No more real news value than American Chopper or Monster Garage, but it's plain to see that the Discovery Channel is going to use more than Made in America chopper motors to promote blind patriotism ... now they're officially in the business of Bush Co. propaganda.
I hate neocons ... really I do.
Thoughts?