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Under Attack

Aaron, Caitlin, Jessica, and Geoff were over on Sunday night to see Part One of Cait's (controversial) miniseries on ABC, 'The Path to 9/11.' I caught the last half-hour last night, and I'll need to borrow a copy to see the rest of it.

Honestly, I was really skeptical. But it was great (and not just because of Cait's connection to it, and our connection to Cait).

I know that it was a docudrama and not a documentary, so you take it with a grain of salt. But I really liked the approach: all the historical events and things that lead up to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. It was like the thinking man's 9/11 movie. We sometimes like to pretend that these 'bad guys' woke up on September 10 and were like 'we're going to do something BAD tomorrow.' But this had been building for so long, and there were so many warning signs. I don't blame people for not acting on them, not really. This was just one thing on their radar screen (pardon the pun), and how are you supposed to hypothesize which radical groups will suddenly escalate to something like this, and which will fade off again. I wouldn't want to do their jobs.

It's funny how David Cunningham (who directed the movie) is under attack because the media 'discovered' that he's a Christian. Um, must I really say it? SO WHAT. It's funny that people even care about that. Tomorrow, it will be all over the papers that he hates green peppers on his pizza. Or that he only drives domestic vehicles. Ooh, what a conspiracy! He must HATE the Japanese!

People have way too much time on their hands.

L

PS - Don't you love how we're all 'oh, it's CAITLIN's movie.' Like she was personally responsible for the entire thing :)

posted by Lindsay @ 5:26 PM