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DESCRIPTION:THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES -- PART II \n\nThe second episode of this alarming 
 BBC documentary is entitled "The Phantom Victory." Now we learn that 
 Islamist factions, falling under the more radical influence of Zawahiri and 
 his rich Saudi acolyte Osama bin Laden, join the 
 Neo-Conservative-influenced Reagan Administration to combat the Soviet 
 Union's invasion of Afghanistan. This coalition of extremists is successful 
 in repulsing the Soviet armies and both extremist groups believe they are 
 the primary architects of the defeat of the "Evil Empire." But the Director 
 of this historic documentary, Adam Curtis, argues that the Soviets were on 
 their last legs and were doomed to collapse without intervention. \n\nThe 
 Islamists, in their triumph, believe that they can create "pure" Islamic 
 states in Egypt and Algeria. However, they are prevented by force. So they 
 use terrorism to scare the people into rising up. But the people are 
 terrified by the violence and the Algerian government uses their fear as a 
 way to maintain power. In the end, the Islamists declare these countries 
 inherently contaminated by Western values, and finally in Algeria turn on 
 each other, each believing that other terrorist groups are not pure enough 
 Muslims either. \n\nIn America, the Neo-Conservatives' aspirations to use 
 the U.S. military power for further destruction of evil are thrown off 
 track by the ascent of George HW Bush to the presidency, followed by the 
 1992 election of Bill Clinton leaving them out of power. The 
 Neo-Conservatives, with their conservative Christian allies, attempt to 
 demonize Clinton throughout his presidency with various real and fabricated 
 stories of corruption and immorality. To their disappointment, however, the 
 American people do not turn against Clinton. \n\nThe Islamists declare a 
 new strategy: to fight Western-inspired moral decay they must deal a blow 
 to its source: the United States. \n\nWheelchair accessible from 28th 
 Street entrance \n\nBefore and after the film, everyone's invited to 
 indulge in our Humanist Vegetarian Tea House \n\n$5 donations are 
 accepted\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/22/18518833.php
SUMMARY:The Power of Nightmares -- Part II
LOCATION:Humanist Hall \n390 27th Street \nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway, below Pill Hill \nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/22/18518833.php
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