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Originally Posted by GAsux
The reason I beleive it's NOT a valid argument is because I believe that bin Laden's family connections had already been exhaustively studied, with the conclusion being they had virtually no ties, almost no communication (there was indications that he contact mom a few times) and no control or persuasion over anything he did.
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Well, studied or not, what would the harm have been in maybe kicking up an investigation after something of the magnitude of 9/11?
Apparently two of the bin Ladin's in the U.S., Omar and Abdullah, were involved in a group called the World Assembly of Muslim Youth which was labeled a "suspected terrorist organization." Now wheter it was or not, don't you think there maybe could have been an attempt at investigating any connection between them and their brother Usama, rather than rushing them out of the country? I thought the movie did a good job with this part.
Basically I agree with everyone on the movie in general. I thought it started out great, it presented you with a ton of information right away, and even though I had already heard all of it before, it made you think about it all over again and all at once. And for someone who may not be as inundated in Bush politics and criticism, like the theft of the election and the family/money connections, It hink it was good in that it will give them something to at least think about.
At some point though the movie seemed to slow down. We spend a lot of time in Flint and start to steer away from the big picture. And it sometime seemed like Moore didn't know what he wanted to say, but just wanted to take any stance opposite Bush, like as been mentioned already.
Still, if you haven't seen it you should, just for the sake of the hype if nothing else. If the Passion can get people all excitied over jesus, maybe this will at least get them excitied over something that really matters, like the dirction our country is going in.
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