- OBSESSION-RADICAL ISLAM’S WAR AGAINST THE WEST (DVD MOVIE)
Product Description
Obsession is a film about the threat of Radical Islam to Western civilization. Using unique footage from Arab television, it reveals an ‘insider’s view’ of the hatred the Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world domination. The film also traces the parallels between the Nazi movement of World War II, the Radicals of today, and the Western world’s response to both threats. Featuring interviews with Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Alan Dershowitz, a former PLO terrorist, and a former Hitler Youth Commander… More >>
Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West
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If you have a hankering for a good old fashioned mindless propaganda screed, this is the disc for you. It’s already been thoroughly ridiculed for its ham-fisted scare tactics and factual inaccuracies. The intellectual bankruptcy of the dead-end, less-than-a-third of Americans who still swallow the neo-con con is on full display. It would be funny if it didn’t turn your stomach. So when even Fox News isn’t enough to suppress what remains of your analytical mind from honestly assessing the countless crimes of the current administration (which of course dwarf your pet/petty/invented crimes of the previous one), this deeply cynical, exploitative product should scare it back into submission, right quick.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is by far the most blatantly malicious and deceptive piece of propaganda I’ve ever seen. The film paints with broads selective strokes in order to incite fear, anger, hatred, and ultimately, war. The truth is that the “War on Terror” has killed, maimed, made homeless, impoverished and terrorized far more innocent people than radical Islam ever has and is directly responsible for fueling the radical elements of Islam. Nearly all Muslims want what every human being wants. Food, shelter, family, friends, work, and to pursue happiness. When you forcibly take these things away from people you radicalize them. This film does not tell you about the oppressions and injustice Muslims are trying to extricate themselves from. Nor does the film add any context whatsoever as to understanding the reasons radical Islam exists. It’s as if they are evil aliens born blood thirsty and not human beings who’ve arrived at this place due to education, frustration, and circumstance. If we want to solve a problem, we must first understand the problem. This film does nothing to help us understand radical Islam.
Rating: 1 / 5
First, this *is* a propaganda piece in that it seeks to promote a specific cause, the so-called global war on terror, instead of presenting both sides of a complex global issue. It is shown by the military to US troops, so you can rest assured it doesn’t dwell on the terrors inflicted by US policy and the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In short, it’s one-sided, tending to play up fear of the 150 million (the movie’s number) potentially militant Islamic fundamentalists worldwide who want to wage jihad against the West, or so it claims.
However, all this doesn’t mean that the one side this film does cover is completely untrue. It certainly raises the valid issue of *militant* Islam’s religious fervor, and that hatred of the US, UK, and Europe at large is seemingly not based on geopolitical issues, but on fervent violent religious beliefs that can’t be mitigated through appeasement or rational discourse. (Though this is where the film and I part ways, because it largely portrays Western culture as faultless, which is a bit naive at best.)
As I said in my title, this movie is worth seeing if for no reason than to hear another viewpoint, but it’s not the whole story, so YMMV.
Rating: 3 / 5
It made me think of a prayer I once saw on a bumper sticker:
“Please God, protect me from your followers.”
Covers it from all sides, eh?
jwrit
Rating: 2 / 5
This “film” is garbage.
More Westerners need to wake up and learn about the actual threats to the “freedom” they mistakenly believe they possess. Infragard, Total Intelligence Solutions and the international banking cartels would be a great place to start such an education.
Rating: 1 / 5