Hollyweird is whitewashing Arab terrorism and we reward them

jewishworldreview.com ^ | 6/13/02 | Benjamin Shapiro

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As an avid moviegoer, I love nothing better than a good political thriller. Still, I am boycotting the newest Tom Clancy movie "The Sum of All Fears." While the Ben Affleck-Morgan Freeman vehicle might be a great summertime blockbuster, I refuse to see it because of a large, ugly plot change: The book's villains were Palestinian terrorists who gain access to a nuclear device, and the movie moguls magically transformed the villains into "neo-Fascists."

As a good American, I have a burning hatred of "neo-Fascists" just as much as the next guy, but the whitewashing of the book greatly angers me. Last time I checked, neo-Nazis weren't blowing up towers, killing American journalists or killing Israeli civilians. The real threat today is Islamic murderers and terrorists. And tomorrow's threat is Palestinian terrorists, who will soon reach America's shores.

Consider this threat from Nobel Peace Prize-winning Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat: If Israel does not immediately relinquish the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria, "enabling our people to practice their legitimate rights of establishing the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, the whole region will witness a disastrous explosion that will impact not only the region but the stability of the entire world."

As reported by the Jerusalem Post and headlined on the Drudge Report on June 8, the world's most celebrated terrorist-turned-"statesman" made this statement in Spain at a dinner honoring European Union Middle East envoy Miguel Moratinos.

This comment is not out of character for Arafat; he has made numerous bombastic and inflammatory statements over the years. Still, the idea of a "disastrous explosion" symbolizes something bigger than another conventional suicide bombing in Israel. Perhaps it signals Arafat's willingness to attempt a Sept. 11-magnitude attack on Israel. Israeli intelligence has already uncovered Palestinian plans to topple the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv.

Perhaps Arafat's statement signifies his ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Palestinian suicide murderers have already shown their willingness to experiment with weapons of mass destruction -- in past months, they have used rat poison in their bombs in an attempt to make these massacres even more death-laden.

Of all the possibilities, it is most likely that Arafat's statement means he is very much aware of Al Qaeda's plans to use a dirty (radioactive) bomb in the United States. Two days after Arafat's statement in Spain, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that the U.S. government had caught an Al Qaeda terrorist in the process of planning a dirty-bomb attack in Washington, D.C.

Arafat's own words paint a far different picture of him than do today's media, which portray him as a sick old man who only wants peace before he dies but is victimized by the Israeli military and unable to rein in murderers because of Israeli incursions. Arafat has been in control of the Palestinians for nearly 10 years, and in all that time, he has not reined in terrorists. Arafat has thousands of armed gunmen at his disposal. His pretended impotence is ridiculous.

The problem isn't just Arafat. His constituency is part of the broader group of Islamists who wish to see a world dominated by fundamentalist Islam. The first step toward that domination is the destruction of Israel. A poll released June 11 by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center showed 51 percent of the Palestinian public wanting the end-goal of the intifada to be "liberating all of historic Palestine," i.e., from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The Palestinians want Tel Aviv, Haifa and West Jerusalem, not only Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem.

It is tragic that the U.S. government continues to stick its collective head in the sand and play along with the Palestinian Trojan Horse of a return to 1967 borders.

It was Palestinians who were dancing in the streets after Sept. 11, not neo-Fascists. It was Islamic murderers who massacred nearly 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, not white racist men. Americans have short memories and forgiving hearts; the last thing Americans need is whitewashing of Palestinian intentions. Tom Clancy's book had the courage to name the enemies of America. For a movie adaptation to change those villains from Islamists to anything else is gutless.

Link to article HERE.

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It was Palestinians who were dancing in the streets after Sept. 11, not neo-Fascists. It was Islamic murderers who massacred nearly 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, not white racist men.

Please, don't bother us with the truth.

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[goodieD]

Hollywood is pro palestinian, whoa, there's a big shocker. Hollywood isn't interested in the truth, another big shock. I quit going to movies a long time ago (except the occasional Mel Gibson flick).

[.45MAN]

I have always loved the movies, but my wife and I have not been to one in a couple of years. I cannot support these people in their greed, they are against so many things that they portray themselves as believing in.. Can't buy it.. And neither should anyone else but the sheep will support them because they are soo beautiful, so wonderful, such great actors, SO F%&#&@% SHALLOW.... They wouldn't support our beliefs on a bet,or anything that our Free Republic believes in....

[Frances_Marion]

I'll eat glass before I'll ever go see this sanitized p.o.s. staring Ben "the Chin" Afflict.

[spetznaz]

I believe in the book the terrorists were not only Arab, but actually a coalition of several terror groups, some Muslim some not, all coming together to ensure their nefarious plans have a bigger chance of working out! Thus concentrating on just the lack of Arab terrorists in the movie, and trying to characterize the whole thing as a cover up is wrong.

Also i saw this interview where the producers said they finished filming before 9-11, and the reason they did not include arab terrorists is because prior to 9-11 most people had thought that the whole premise of the 'Jehadi' had been overplayed and over depicted, and that people were tired of seeing the same turbaned arab with a kalashnikov (and although there were attacks like the Embassy Bombings, most Americans did not 'notice' them because they affected other people in a 'far off' place).

Thus they were just trying to suit their movie to the current (the then current) mind set of terrorists, and that was the time of the Yugoslav wars and the Balkan conflicts....those were the villains!

Hence the lack of Arabs was not due to some 'secret cabal' trying to hide the 'horrible actions of the murderous arabs' from the public eye! It was just a prudent business decision! I am sure if filming had started after 9-11 then the movie would have followed the plot in the book more closely.

And by the way it was a nice movie, and one that makes a person think! I think you should do yourself a favor and watch it, because honestly the only person who is undergoing lack by your not going to watch it (as some sort of protest) is you.

[goodieD]

Would it were that they were just shallow. I could overlook that. But the money they make from my movie ticket helps to sponsor all the liberal causes they believe in. I don't want to help fund NARAL, Handgun Control Inc., PETA, Earth First, and all the other whacked causes Hollywood likes to contribute to.

[dansangel]

"Tom Clancy's book had the courage to name the enemies of America. For a movie adaptation to change those villains from Islamists to anything else is gutless."

Gutless? The beautiful people of Hollywierd? I'm shocked! ~sarcasm/off~

My better half (.45MAN) said it all. We have refused to spend hard-earned money on the spoiled, gutless, CLUEless Hollywierd pack, every last one of them. I'd rather post to/lurk on FR than waste two hours of my time on mindless claptrap.

PS...My hard-earned money was spent wisely contributing to FR. How about the rest of you? Consider foregoing the inflated price of four movie tickets and give it up for a GOOD and DECENT cause....Free Republic!

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.....I saw this interview where the producers said they finished filming before 9-11, and the reason they did not include arab terrorists is because prior to 9-11 most people had thought that the whole premise of the 'Jehadi' had been overplayed and over depicted, and that people were tired of seeing the same turbaned arab with a kalashnikov (and although there were attacks like the Embassy Bombings, most Americans did not 'notice' them because they affected other people in a 'far off' place).

Sounds like it was quoted from the "Clinton Foreign Policy Playbook."