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I've written previously on the film "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," a documentary that successfully (and fairly) probes the threat and prevalence of radical Islam. One of the supporters of the documentary, the Clarion Fund, packaged a DVD copy of the film into thousands of newspapers across the country this past week, hoping to raise the profile of the issues discussed in the movie and reiterate the supreme importance of the fight against these radical and hate-filled individuals.

Well, the Left (read: MSM), are up in arms over the film’s distribution, calling it “right-wing propaganda.” Here’s another great example of how deep in the can the MSM is for the Left. Greg Mitchell – the author of the hit-piece I posted above - is also a “blogger” at Huffington Post, and posted a self-congratulatory piece here that praises a “brave newspaper” – Greensboro News & Record – for refusing to package the so-called “divisive” film. Other than the fact that that the Editor and Publisher is clearly a lefty-flack publication, the ignorance of the Left on the importance and relevance of radical Islamic terror is shockingly clear here.

Apt to point to the film as merely a propagandist piece that “makes it easier for the McCain/Palin ticket to pitch a ‘trigger-happy’ foreign policy,” the Left seems to have forgotten the events of the last 7 years. Obsession doesn’t mention any political party, features neither Obama nor McCain, and points to only the Muslim extremists – not all followers of the Islamic faith – as the ones who want to end the West through violence and hateful acts. Yet the Left immediately casts the film as Republican propaganda. Surprising? No, but quite sad. It’s sad that any film that discusses the terrorist threat, whether even-handed or not, is slotted in the “right-wing talking points” and “scare tactics” column by the MSM. Who’s really in denial here?

1 posted on 09/16/2008 12:16:49 PM PDT by pparmley
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didnt get the chance to watch yet
my mother said it was “excellent and well done”.


2 posted on 09/16/2008 12:20:06 PM PDT by mouse1 (McCain/Palin 08 Palin/Jindal 12)
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I got one and so did my mom. I was thrilled!


3 posted on 09/16/2008 12:20:11 PM PDT by angcat
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This DVD SHOULD BE DIVISIVE!!! We need to find out who supports this country and who doesn’t.


5 posted on 09/16/2008 12:22:40 PM PDT by LetsRok
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An estimated 28 million copies have been distributed so far...


6 posted on 09/16/2008 12:24:19 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (OBAMA: He was a flop before he became a flipper.)
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OK, where can I get one?


7 posted on 09/16/2008 12:25:39 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (I Freep, therefore I am.)
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They were talking about this on a local radio show here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I guess they went out in Sundays Grand Rapids Press. Some call in lefties were furious because they didn’t like that people were being reminded of terrorism so close to the election!


8 posted on 09/16/2008 12:27:03 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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Free speech is becoming more and more a thorn in the sides of the left and the MSM. If Obama wins, I expect they’ll get right to work on closing the ‘free speech’ loophole.


9 posted on 09/16/2008 12:28:26 PM PDT by Spok (The Sinopian Sage)
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Yep, video clips of radical Islamic imams, speaking in their own words of killing all the infidels, and sounding like they learned how to orate from Adolf Hitler, are right-wing propaganda.

The libs are in deep denial. If they keep their heads in the sand long enough, they'll suffocate.

12 posted on 09/16/2008 12:35:48 PM PDT by FlyVet
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I got a copy of the video in my mailbox. We watched the video and it really opens your eyes to the hatred the Islamic militants have for us. They keep telling us to our faces in plain words that they have declared war on the US and Israel and seek our downfall if not our death.

Yet the MSM and Democrats bury their head in the sand and refuse to believe them, even after 9/11 and all the other attacks.

They tell us they want to kill us and they follow up on their promises. At least their honest unlike the Democrats.

BTW the film went out of its way not to implicate Islam the religion and go on to say the vast majority of Muslims do not agree with the “jihad” mentality of the militants.

15 posted on 09/16/2008 12:44:09 PM PDT by pblax8
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A lefty employee was ranting about the Anti-Muslim hate speech in the paper and how he knows people who have canceled subscriptions over the insert in the Milwaukee paper.

Who knew that a little truth in the paper would evoke such emotions among free speech, facts and figures rationalist liberals in Brewtopia.


16 posted on 09/16/2008 12:48:38 PM PDT by sbMKE
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Got mine on Sunday in the Columbus (OH) dispatch. Haven’t watched it yet....


17 posted on 09/16/2008 1:19:00 PM PDT by jrtjrt
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Strangely enough, this DVD was not distributed with newspapers in Massachusetts...


21 posted on 09/16/2008 1:27:48 PM PDT by pabianice
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My mom received one in the mail. She missed it when it aired on TV so now she’ll have a copy for life. Needless to say, she is happy.


23 posted on 09/16/2008 2:04:36 PM PDT by abercrombie_guy_38
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Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2074194/posts?page=385#385

OPINION: I hope you find these articles as interesting as I did. I am always amazed that there are so many Americans who do not understand that the GLOBAL JIHAD is just that — global. If one spins their globe at home or school; one can easily see that the U.S.A. is part of this world. There is no exclusion. We are not set apart from the global jihad; nor are we set apart from the GWOT.


25 posted on 09/16/2008 2:18:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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