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Reader comment on item: Winning the Propaganda War [versus Radical Islam]
Submitted by Robert Arbetman (United States), Dec 28, 2005 at 18:09
Dear Dr. Pipes:Would you care to do a movie review on Steven Spielberg's latest release?
You might also comment as to whether movies like this help anyone win the propaganda war.
Thank you,
Robert B. Arbetman
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Daniel Pipes replies:
No plans; others have covered this topic amply, so there is no need for me to weigh in.From what I hear of it, the moral equivalence is hardly helpful to winnng a war. It is part of a larger symptom which Mark Steyn caught just right: "in a conflict that's already lasted longer than America's participation in World War II, Hollywood still can't bring itself to make a film in which America's heroes whump America's enemies." ("DreamJerks," National Review, December 31, 2005)
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