Islam, The BBC and The Power of Propaganda

Peter Bergen reviews the Power of Nightmares in The Nation.

The kernel of Curtis's argument is that Western politicians claim "the greatest danger of all is international terrorism, a powerful and sinister network, with sleeper cells in countries across the world, a threat that needs to be fought by a war on terror. But much of this threat is a fantasy, which has been exaggerated and distorted by politicians. It's a dark illusion that has spread unquestioned through governments around the world, the security services and the international media."

Here are a few questions for Curtis, the BBC and anyone else who believes this dangerous propaganda:

Do you believe the sight of two commercial airliners, packed with innocent people, slamming into the Twin Towers was a "dark illusion"?

Are the now missing Twin Towers a "dark illusion" with the towers still standing?

Was the commercial airliner packed with innocent people that slammed into the Pentagon killing nearly 200 innocent people on the ground and all aboard, a "dark illusion"?

Is Richard Reid, the confessed shoebomber, who tried to blow up a packed commercial airliner over the Atlantic, a "dark illusion"?

Is confessed British shoebomber Saajid Badat, Reid's co-bomber, who planned to blow up a packed commercial airliner at the same time as Reid, a "dark illusion"?

Was the mass murder in Bali that killed over 200 innocent people, a "dark illusion"?

Was Spain's 3/11 a "dark illusion"?

Are Ahmed Ressam, jailed in the United States over a planned millennium bomb attack on Los Angeles airport, and Nizar Trabelsi, in prison in Belgium for plotting to blow up a Nato airbase, "dark illusions"?

I could go on all day.

The only "dark illusion" here is the BBC masquerading as a "news organization" while it spreads Muslim propaganda.
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