daniel pipes

As we approach the inauguration of a new president, the importance of a strong national security/terrorism policy – thank god for FISA - is without question one of the most vital and crucial issues in the campaign. In that vein, I want to share some thoughts about a really powerful movie I recently watched, titled Obsession.

Obsession takes a hard look at the near-critical levels of Islamofacism in the Middle East, and provides a scathing critique of the potential for disaster if these threats – which have been building for years – are not taken seriously. Featuring biting commentary from noted Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes, Obsession scrutinizes the rise in terrorist thought, the haunting parallels between modern terrorist cells and Nazism – a tie that I was not aware of before watching this movie (quite eerie similarities) - and the growing pervasiveness of Arab extremists in the West. Here's a clip from the film noting the Nazi/Islamofacist ties:

To be sure, Obsession is not an anti-Islam movie; instead it emphasizes quite credibly that the extremists are a minority, albeit a growing and dangerous one. It’s thought provoking; it presents itself as a display of facts in the form of real footage, and opinions of experts instead of a sensationalist “you need to be afraid” news pitch; conversely, the interviews are of academics and moderate Muslims, not fear mongering pundits.

It was rather stomach churninging to see children being pressured to lay down their lives in the name of Allah, explaining how they would like to set GWB on fire, and bomb the U.S. To be sure, the Left can’t admit that the surge worked, and Al-Qaeda is on the run in Iraq, nearly decimated - they remain shockingly unaware of the gravity of the dangers that exist around the globe. These dangers are addressed and analyzed in Obsession, a film that provides a telling – and ominous – look into the ever-growing world of Arab extremists.