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by Reasonmclucus
October 30, 2012 at 3:33 a.m.
Will Moore Movie make OBL a Muslim Hero?
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Western Elitists often don't understand that people in other parts of the world don't think the same way they do. For example, they don't realize that those we consider to be villains may be considered heroes by some Muslims.
If Michael Moore portrays President Barack Obama as taking control of the effort to get Osama bin Laden, the implication will be that bin Laden was a powerful man who posed a major threat to the United States, a man Americans feared . The more time the President of the United States is portrayed as devoting to the search for bin Laden the more important OBL will appear to be. At a time when the United States faces significant economic and budget problems, the President wouldn't spend time going after a man who didn't pose a major threat to the country. Al Qaeda could use the idea that the United States feared bin Laden as a recruiting tool.
Another potential problem with the movie is the handling of OBL's death. If the movie shows bin Laden fighting the SEALs, he will appear to many Muslims to be "heroically standing up to a superior force in a situation in which death is inevitable." If the movie shows bin Laden simply being shot without a weapon in his hand, then those who kill him will appear to Muslims to be murderers. Either way Muslims may decide that bin Laden is a martyr. Either way could provoke Muslim violence against American interests in the Middle East.
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Comments
oldbaldguy 6 months, 3 weeks ago
who cares? I certainly don't. Spent some time in the big sandpile, those folks will not change unless they are made to. Any movie about killing bin Laden will not be recieved well by radicals and not so radicals over there.
Buckysbabe 6 months, 3 weeks ago
You should really stop blogging. Don't quit your day job.
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