Finally, some of the truth: "The Path to 9/11" ABC Sun.-Mon.

[shinerbock]

Yeah, the democrats are so outraged they're collecting signatures, and now weak-ass ABC has decided to "tone it down." Too bad they didn't do the same thing when the network news basically decided that W had caused Katrina, 9/11 and basically tried to have Valerie Plame killed.

[RACooper]

Saying that the path to 9/11 started during the Clinton years is woefully short-sighted... the ideology of the terrorists was born during the first decades of the twentieth century, was nurtured in the post-colonial days following WWII, and matured during the later stages of the Cold War (particluarly in Afghanistan).

So if the mini-series was to be truthful, they should start from the day itself (9/11) and start going back with each episode - so covering what effects the each US administration had; as well as the policies of the French, German, and British colonial governments and Imperial practices had in birthing the ideology.


But then again... this is in the Entertainment section - so I guess a program that reduces the complicated ideology and path to 9/11 to political sniping and a partisan blame game does make sense.

[ASUADPi]

Am I the only one who finds it kind of tacky that they are starting the mini-series on 9/10 and concluding on 9/11, which just happens to be the five year anniversery.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Am I the only one who finds it kind of tacky that they are starting the mini-series on 9/10 and concluding on 9/11, which just happens to be the five year anniversery.

It's a brilliant marketing strategy.

[PiKA2001]

Sometimes I think if the people in D.C. weren't so hell-bent on trying to impeach Clinton for the blow-job, maybe he would have been able to get Bin Laden, but who can say for sure. I heard the the mini-series was largely based on fact, meaning some of the stuff was fictionalized.

[shinerbock]

I just think it is pathetic than a former President is attempting to censor a mini drama on ABC. No surprise Sandy Berger is all upset, he's the biggest crook of them all.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I just think it is pathetic than a former President is attempting to censor a mini drama on ABC. No surprise Sandy Berger is all upset, he's the biggest crook of them all.

Well, given Disney's statement that this isn't a documentary, it's a drama -- meaning some parts may be fictionalized to some extent -- you can't exactly be surprised if the "characters" in your "drama" take issue with your "facts."

It's one thing when it's "Braveheart" -- Robert the Bruce, Longshanks, Edward II and Isabella aren't around to complain of how they were portrayed inaccurately. It's a little different when the main players are still alive.

And I'd still rather have the Clinton gang in the White House than the current occupants.