Gore Vidal Video: US Foreign Policy causing Terrorist to grow

Understanding America’s
Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done?



Video: Gore Vidal

Filmed before a live audience, renowned author Gore Vidal
rejects the blind “patriotism” expected by government officials
and the mainstream media, and investigates U.S. foreign policy
throughout recent history, showing how it has contributed to the
terrorist crisis. With his famous wit and insight, Vidal also
demonstrates the ways in which the “War on Terrorism” is being
used to curtail civil liberties and shred the Bill of Rights.

06/04/07

 

How did the United States come to be so hated? Could the
horrific events of September 11th be setting in motion a chain
of events far more significant than the terrorist attacks
themselves? Held before a standing-room audience of 1,350, this
powerful program features celebrated authors and scholars who
examine the terrorist crisis and ask the all-important question:
Why?



Filmed before a live audience, renowned author Gore Vidal
rejects the blind “patriotism” expected by government officials
and the mainstream media, and investigates U.S. foreign policy
throughout recent history, showing how it has contributed to the
terrorist crisis. With his famous wit and insight, Vidal also
demonstrates the ways in which the “War on Terrorism” is being
used to curtail civil liberties and shred the Bill of Rights.




Barton Bernstein, Professor of History, Stanford University,
examines the definition of terrorism and cites U.S. military
campaigns perpetrated against foreign civilians during the
twentieth century. Economist and historian Robert Higgs, Senior
Fellow, The Independent Institute, debunks myths about the U.S.
defense budget that perpetuate massive corporate welfare and
contribute to America’s vulnerability to terrorism. Thomas Gale
Moore, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, describes the effects
of U.S. global military presence and explores options that would
reduce the terrorist threat. The forum finishes with a lively
question and answer session - The Independent Institute



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scholarly, public-policy research and educational organization
that sponsors comprehensive studies on the political economy of
critical social and economic problems.