I am posting this diary because I found no evidence that this important program had been featured on the Daily Kos. I urge you to investigate this important documentary.

Power of Nightmares was aired in three one-hour parts on BBC Two starting Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005. It effectively reveals the reasons for the emergence of the American neoconservative movement and the emergence of militant Islam. It presents a gripping historical account of the intertwined coevolution of the two most visible political movements of our day. I recommend it to anyone seeking to demystify the curious world we are experiencing.

An important message from a past American president appeared in the LA Times today.

This isn't the Real America

IN RECENT YEARS, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican.

These include the rudimentary American commitment to peace, economic and social justice, civil liberties, our environment and human rights.

Read it and you will be amazed. It is very unusual for past presidents to comment on the policies of current presidents. But we live in unusual times. Do we not?