I am willing to bet that CNN has large blocks of its corporate shares (or controlling stock shares) owned by Arab and other ethnicity Muslim billionaires. That would explain plenty of what goes on with CNN and other media reporting outlets.

CNN is probably placating this (Islamist) share of its corporate stockholders (which indicates the existence of a hole in the western democracies' economic system that is likely being exploited by Islam at present with little publicity but which may be having serious impact on the west). But certainly this does not make the (bogus) "moral equivalency" reporting practice of CNN's right--or sane.

One of the Islamists' proposed methods of taking over America by the year 2020 is to gain control of the US's media by purchasing large amounts of corporate and controlling media company stock shares. CNN may be living proof of the success of this proposed Islamist tactic.

Posted by: pythagoras at August 20, 2007 7:52 PM

Ms. Amanpour was only hired by CNN due to her being a "visible minority". She is a typical liberal media personality, but we here at JW are onto her types. How can she honestly compare any other religion to the death cult of islam!
Its too bad someone cannot ask her would you rather walk into a crowd of Baptists or Taliban in the forests or back streets?

Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess at August 20, 2007 7:52 PM

Did she managed to Cite just 1 Christian that murdered civilians on behalf of jesus and actually held up the book with the Verses to justify sawing off someone head with a dull knife.

If all faiths were exactly the same then why would Muslims feel it's their job to make the World a Islamic State with sharia law , and why is it that Muslims never get upset when the Propher jesus is mocked by both Muslims and non-Christians.

It's the Quran , stupid !

Posted by: ala-sux at August 20, 2007 8:21 PM

Ms. Amanpour is attempting to prove that house cats and tigers are equally dangerous.

To prove this she annoys the hell out of a house cat until it scratches her she then runs to camera screaming....

See house cats are violent too!

Posted by: greatcometof1577 at August 20, 2007 8:29 PM

Greetings:

Maybe Christiane Amanpour (I have always loved that first name)
can use the "Islam - What the West needs to Know" as an addendum now that PBS isn't going to use it.

Posted by: 11B40 at August 20, 2007 8:33 PM

Christine Amanpour has at least one parent who was part of what one would have hoped to describe as the intelligent secular ancien regime, the people pushed out by Khomeini and his epigones, and therefore, one would have thought, comprehending the nature of Islam. Well, it turns out that not everyone who has fled Iran quite has that necessary understanding; some like to pretend that Khomeini is a sport, when the real sport was the Shah and his father, in their de-emphasis on Islam, their emphasis on the pre-Islamic past of Iran, and their willingness to limit the power of the mullahs and, above all, to give the non-Muslims of Iran, the Christians, Jews, and Baha'is, reasonable security and even something akin to legal equality.

But Amanpour does not realize that, nor -- in her aggressive climb through the media ranks, has she stopped to study Islam, stopped to find out what happened to the Zoroastrians or what happens to them in Iran today, stopped to find out why, even in the 20th century, a Jew could be killed for going out in the rain (where a drop might ricochet off him and hit an innnocent Muslim with this raindrop of najis-ness, thus permanently contaminating him). She might, that is, have begun with the history of Islam in Iran, and considered the treatment of non-Muslims, and how Shah Abbas II overnight ordered the conversion of all the Jews and Armenians in an Iranian city (possibly Tabriz), and why the real, as opposed to the Iranian exile's dreamy fictional history of Iran, is full of such episodes. She might have gotten hold of E. J. Browne's work on Persian literature, and studied Hafiz and Sa'adi. She might have read Omar Khayyam, and come to realize just how un-Islamic he was. She might have read the Shahnameh of Firdowsi, and seen how his literary talent was put to work preventing the linguistic and cultural imperialism of the Arabs from successfully coming to damage and then overwhelm the Iranian culture. She might have done a special program on Islam as a vehicle of Arab cultural and linguistic imperialism, that is, and used Iran as an example of one place where it did not succeed as it did elsewhere.

Oh, there are many things that raw-boned massive Christine Amanpour might have done, if she had allowed herself the leisure to think, and be something more than one more media star, one more mere reporter incapable of making sense of what she reports on.

But she did none of it. She clawed and clawed to the top. She entered into a mariage blanc, a white marriage of grayish convenience, with James Rubin. She travels, she reports from here, she reports from there. She is like so many of them, with their fabulous salaries, their baseless self-assurance, their inability to convey anything difficult, anything that requires instructing us rather than feeding us visual and verbal pablum.

If you have seen the presentation of those "Christian fundamentalists" (read: Fanatics) then you will observe how carefully the cameramen have captured those flags, and taken shots of hands uplifted in prayer or hallelujahs to make sure the viewer gets the impression of a Nuremberg rally, with these "Christians" heil-hitlering all over the place. Very carefully done, very artfully and deliberately done. She, Christine Amanpour, is of course determined to make this group of Christians look as bad as possible, and then to convince us that they represent a huge number of people, and to do the same, when their time comes, to those wild-eyed fanatical Jews, those "Biblical settlers" who think -- imagine that"--that the Land of Israel, that gigantic land, practically the size of Connecticut or is it Massachusetts -- was given in a Covenant to the Jews. What a terrible thing, what a thing so utterly comparable, is it not, to the view, in Islam, that the entire world belongs to Muslims, and that they must, by right, dominate everywhere, everywhere Muslims must rule.

Do you see a little something not quite symmetrical in her view, in her presentation, or that of her crew, so willing to play ball? Meanwhile, one wonders how she can stand herself. And why CNN so obviously insults us, in reducing the meance of Islam, the menace that only a fool could ignore, and the full scope of which, based on immutable texts, becomes clearer to the intelligent evbery day, to something like the non-existent menace from those wild-eyed Nurembergian Christians, with Amanpour as their recording Riefenstahl, or those crazy "West Bank" settlers, in their trailers, choosing to live among a million Arabs -- "Palestinians" -- who of course have every right to be there, because...well, isn't the Middle East the same thing as the Arab World, after all? Where do those pesky remnants of Jews, Chaldeans, Assyrians, Copts, Maronites, Mandeans, Yazidis, Armenians, and all the others come from? Why don't they go back where they came from. The "Arab World," the "Muslim Arab World" --now that's more like it. That's just the ticket.

Because, you see, Every Group Has Its Crazies. And those crazies, you see, are exactly alike, in what they want, and how they act, and the size of the demands they make on the rest of us. But exactly.

That's the point of this series. You didn't think there was another point, did you?

Posted by: Hugh at August 20, 2007 8:34 PM

More mainstream apologist BS I suspect.
I seem to remember seeing her wearing a jibjab or whatever you call it.
Amanpour?
Hmmm...
Definately of non-muslim extraction.
No bias here, move on...

Posted by: Ken CleanAirSystem at August 20, 2007 8:38 PM

That this 'documentary' was promoted and aired at the same time as Robert Spencer's book, Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't was released can be no accident.

Spencer's book destroys moral equivalence arguments likely to be presented in CNN's 'documentary' so it would be too much to expect 'objective' 'journalists' to explore.

CNN kool-aid anyone? Disgusting. Ugh.

Posted by: justamomof4 at August 20, 2007 8:45 PM

I remember CNN had an advertisement with Amanpour in it. She was "educating" an American couple where Iraq and Iran can be found on a map. The couple (actors) went out of their way to portray Americans as stupid with the “educated” Amanpour and thus CNN setting the record straight.

For her “discovery” of Iraq and Iran she was knighted….the end. (just kidding)

Oh it is so true….A little knowledge is dangerous.

Posted by: greatcometof1577 at August 20, 2007 8:55 PM

Amanpour has a hisotry of soft peddeling Islam, I guess its because she is a muslim.

Posted by: KAOSKTRL at August 20, 2007 9:02 PM

Jeez, she's annoying.

I can envision her now (from a previous 'journalistic'presentation about Islam) pronouncing, with that British accent of hers, the word 'Ko'ron'.

Posted by: PRCS at August 20, 2007 9:09 PM

I remember commie news network, too...especially with that perennial pahblum puking propagandist, we call "christ.i.am pour-some-more!"...
especially after he had to admit zarqawi got his due...it was sad.
She was visibly upset, as if being outright pissed off that we got that SOB (nope, it wasn't as claimed that she didn't have time for makeup either-1 hour is more than enough time to put ANY "face" on)...
then goes on to continue dissing the military with the usual stage-managed PC BS (as if getting zarqawi didn't even occur)...absolutely sickening, but no surprise at all.

It's also why their ratings continue to be in the tank where it belongs. Hate doesn't sell, and people know hate when they see it, especially when it's stage-managed like that of the commie news network.

Posted by: jcom972 at August 20, 2007 9:10 PM

Would it suprise anyone that what CNN is trying to do is distroy any creditbility with the new Robert Spencer book as well as Mr. Spencer himself and ANYONE who is critical of Islam by trying to put both Judism and Christanity in a VERY BAD LIGHT.

Posted by: bigcatgirl13106 at August 20, 2007 9:22 PM

Why couldn't CNN have a Christian explore Christianity, a Jew explore Judaism, while a Muslim (Amanpour) explores Islam?

Instead they choose a Muslim to cover all three.

Posted by: LoneRanger at August 20, 2007 9:24 PM

Best way to judge a person is by the company they keep. nuf sed

Posted by: jcom972 at August 20, 2007 9:25 PM

I can not think of one Christian religious leader that wants non-Christians to be dead. Sure lots might think they are going to hell, but none want even really immoral people dead. They might say that God will smite you for doing evil, but none say they WANT God to smite you. NONE. Maybe there is that one Christian leader, Fred "what's his face" who says gays are evil and pickets soldiers funerals because he says the USA is following the devil. I've never heard of him doing physical violence to someone.

Whereas with Islam, there are legions of Muslim clergy with murder in their hearts. If not, please explain what I read in the news from the Islamic world.

I think it is really offensive and dishonest to compare Christian zealots of Islamic ones. This journalist must either be a liar or self deceived.

Posted by: James Martel at August 20, 2007 9:42 PM

"To the West, martyrdom has a really bad connotation..."

No kidding.

"Really, martyrdom is actually something that historically was quite noble,..."

And that's why they are not desired here.

Dhimmi CNN.

Posted by: sounder at August 20, 2007 9:45 PM

For starters, the title, "God's Warriors," ought to clue one in that she equates the god of Islam with the God of Judaism and Christianity.

When Christians start blowing Muslims up on buses, trains, airplanes and shooting Muslims in shopping malls, skyview decks, parking lots, park, etc., then Christians will be doing Ba-allah's bidding.

Until then, I wish journalists who have no intellectual integrity, but feel compelled to put all religions on equal footing so as not to offend viewers or potential advertisers, would just stick to covering car chases, celebrity scandals, storms in the Atlantic which never become hurricanes and other efferma and chicanery.

Her dishonest approach is not instructive; it is just another demonstration of her resistance to the difference between YAHWEH and Ba-allah.

Posted by: BurkasforHitlery at August 20, 2007 9:57 PM

OT. Anyone see this: "Radical Muslim Extremists Converging On New York City For September 9th Parade"

Here: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=CA2E5C41-AD9A-4A79-8C35-54C4A34D73FA

Posted by: sounder at August 20, 2007 10:00 PM

"one more mere Reporter incapable of making sense of what she reports on"

Is she not but one of many at the Communist News Network?

Intentional(?) ignorance for the viewing public.

She will present herself most bewildered as to why her former "Home" gets flattened like a Pancake.

Every time she talks, my World turns cold and Snow Flakes appear.

Posted by: flowerknife_us at August 20, 2007 10:06 PM

The problems pointed out by Mr. Spencer are by no means the only problems in the series. More can be found here.

Posted by: skellmeyer at August 20, 2007 10:08 PM

Multiculturalism and liberalism gone mad.

If only we could all be nice and polite and the islamists wont hate us.

What fools, blind fools.

Kennedy (John) was murdered by a commie (Oswald) and the other Kennedy(Robert) was murdered by a jihadist (Sirhan), and the liberals have been cowards ever since, living in an alternate universe of cowardice, appeasement, excuses, rationalizations and self hate.

Thus one has CNN, the channel of defeat. No wonder their ratings keep going down.

Posted by: dgene at August 20, 2007 11:03 PM

Ms. Amanpour: Please view the following video .

Do you have a matching video with Christian or Jewish demonstrators, threatening death and mayhem to Denmark, the UK, Japan, France, Spain and the US? For Cartoons?

Posted by: Chatillon at August 20, 2007 11:09 PM

Here is is. So sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKUoxbR9mwA

Posted by: Chatillon at August 20, 2007 11:13 PM

'Er, that would be "ephemera"...not efferma!

Posted by: BurkasforHitlery at August 20, 2007 11:13 PM

Homeschooling is evil too? Sheesh. Over 9,000 terror attacks committed in the name of Islam since 9/11, and Christiane Amanpour is spending her time demonizing homeschoolers.

***

Homeschoolers are subversive, you see. Many of us in the generation now raising children have realized we were cheated out of an in-depth education, despite the trillions of dollars spent on public schools in this country. We grew up in the chaos of "new math," sight reading, open classrooms, and increasingly lax discipline. I recently read that American educational achievement dropped approximately one grade level per decade throughout the 20th century. A person who earned a bachelors degree in 2000 had attained the same level of education as a 9th grader of 1900. Perhaps that is why the degree is called a "B.S."

What might happen when millions of American students study formal logic and rhetoric and history and classical literature (along with their parents, who never studied such in their educational adventures and now must teach themselves--along with their children--what they should have learned in school) instead of self-esteem and sexuality and "sensitivity"? They might question advertisers' claims, thus destabilizing our entire consumer-driven economy. They might notice logical inconsistencies in the multicultural/politically correct utopia our leaders have planned for us. They might combine enough knowledge of history with logic to reach conclusions opposite those of our annointed leaders about world affairs and domestic policy. They might even (oh, the horrors!) disconnect the cable or turn off the television entirely, thus endangering the livelihood of those-who-know-best, such as Ms. Amanpour.

Homeschoolers. The new threat to world peace.

Posted by: CJ at August 20, 2007 11:38 PM

The use of the term "martyrs" to describe islamic killers is typical of the perversion of the language by the left-wing press. A real martyr is one who is killed because of his or her faith. The ancient Christians killed in the arena were martyrs who died rather than renounce their faith in the face of Roman persecution. More recent martyrs include: the hundreds of Israelis killed on buses, in pizza parlors, at weddings; the thousands of office workers killed in the Twin Towers on 9-11; the subway riders killed in London; the Christian schoolgirls killed in Indonesia; the hundreds of thousands of Christians killed in the Sudan; etc, etc. Those who killed them were moslem fanatics, they were killers, not martyrs. If they themselves died in their attacks, that doesn't make them martyrs, only dead killers. Bonnie and Clyde weren't martyrs, and neither are any of these moslem butchers.

Posted by: ebonystone at August 20, 2007 11:41 PM

Amanpour is a slick cortortist with a small-time carnival.

The MSM Useful Idiots Flying Circus and Flea Rental Outlet.

Performances of Amazing Feats of Illegitimate Moral Equivalence done daily.

See the Two-Faced Lady Bend Hard Facts Like Putty!

See their Inverted Ideological World Balanced on a Militant Delusion!

See Preposterous Comparisons that would make a laughing hyena cry!

Leaping through Flaming Hoopers of Dogma every hour on the hour!

The Cultural Hara-Kiri Coda is a killer!

Posted by: profitsbeard at August 21, 2007 12:06 AM

My suspicions of Ms Amanpour's intelligence are amply illustrated by a clip which for some unknown reason CNN seem to show as an example of her compassion and reporting abilities. In the clip she is talking to a woman in Africa who takes care of orphans with her she has a child and her question to the woman is 'Her mother has died of AIDS her father is in the last stages of AIDS. DO YOU THINK SHE WILL BE ANOTHER ORPHAN???????????????' Now I am sure Einstein would have wrestled with answering that question. It says a lot to me about Ms Amanpour and also speaks volumes about CNN if they think that this clip is so inspiring that they have to use it over and over again.

Posted by: Realist at August 21, 2007 12:46 AM

Pity the poor fools who swallow her moral equivalencies, distortions, contortions, and lies. Surely there are more pressing issues to expose to gullible audiences, like maybe the bellicose muslim hordes living in self-imposed segregation all over Europe, collecting welfare benefits for their enormous families while bemoaning their pitiful plights as disaffected immigrants. Or maybe she could showcase the muslim criminal statistics in large European cities, or perhaps the inordinate muslim prison population, the result of discrimination and inequality, no doubt. I think a little documentary about muslim males raping European women and girls would be quite informative and interesting, as well as an expose of honor killings and hate sermons in mosques. An honest and unbiased comparison of Islamic vs. Christian and Jewish violent crime would be nice, as well as some lovely examples of how muslims have "enriched" and contributed to the improvement of European society.

Maybe she could serve the ignorant masses by exposing the radical changes wrought by rampant muslim immigration to Europe, like a sentimental journey back to the days when the police in England didn't carry guns, crime was minimal, ethnic ghettoes were non-existent, and Europe was a safe, peaceful place. Better yet, maybe she could enlighten those of us who will never understand, appreciate, or even recognize the benefits of "diversity" borne of a third-world invasion of the West. Instead she produces another pile of moral relativist bullshit that is an insult to the intelligence of rational people, more of whom exist than this conceited shill for islam realizes.

Posted by: Susanp at August 21, 2007 12:58 AM

It would be good if those who fling about the word "Communist" to describe, most inaptly, Christine Amanpour, would find other more accurate ways to describe her. Or if they cannot do so, and insist on making the site look like a meeting of the John Birch Society rather than a site devoted to, among other things, figuring out why sentimentalists and careerists together, in the press and on television, are helping to prolong a comical, almost wilful ignorance of the nature of Islam, then perhaps they should remain more circumspect in their comments.

This site should not be made, through ill-advised comments of visitors, be held up for easy ridicule. It is difficult enough trying to attract an audience, from those who are quick to think, because they have been repeatedly told, that this is one more website run by supposedly crazed rightwingers. It is not. We are not. Don't fling that epithet "communist" about. Amanpour is a fool, and transparent in her foolishness. And so is CNN, and so are all those who think this act of false moral and ideological symmetry is a brilliant effort. It is in fact idiotic. And that is quite enough.

Posted by: Hugh at August 21, 2007 12:59 AM

CNN is nuts????
What is the statistics when we compare the following:
1) How many Muslims have blown themselves and others under name of religion. Compare .How many Hindus,Jews,Christians have been suicide bombers.

2) How many plane hijacking come to mind in last 20 years which are Islamic related. How many jews/hindus/chrisitans.

3) How many terrosits organisations are there around the world ,which are non-Islamic and how many are Islamic ,especially one who resort to violence.

4) How many terrorist training camps are situated in non- Muslim countries compared to Muslim countries. I think only Pakistan is enough to account for over 100 training camps.

Lastly
Whenver a suicide bombing, hijacking, execution, bombing happens anywhere in the world, how many times out of 10 is it a possibilty a Muslim is involved.I think 80% of world,the first thought that comes to mind when a terroist activity is reported is I am damn sure a Muslim-Pakistani is involved and most of time it it is confirmed later that the thought was on target.

Also has any immigrant, be it hindu, be it jew or be it chinese or japense how many immigrants want the host country to implement laws based on their religion. Most of non-muslim immigrants migrate peacefully and adapt to the host country culture and laws and follow their own culture at same time peacefully. On contrary what is the adaptation percentage of Muslims in UK and USa. Are they accepting way of life and culture and laws in host country.On contrary they want to the host country to change and adapt Sharia.

Even a kid would figure out so why cant CNN with all the statistics and research teams they have.

Posted by: Rajesh_singh at August 21, 2007 1:17 AM

There is a simple questionto be asked to CNN??
Which religion has a problem with every other religion.
Have we heard of christians killing jews inder name of religion or vice versa.
Have we heard of Jews killing hindus and vice versa?
Have we heard of Buddhists and Hnidus battling it out with either Jews or Christians or amongst them
Has any Christian,Jew,Hindu called for killing others under the name of religion.
Or is it Islam which seems to have problem with everyone and anyone everywhere ,be it with Christians of europe and USA,Jews of Israel.Hindus of India,or Budhhists in Thailand,Phillipines.
How is it possible that only one religion people have problems with so many while others dont have problem with them.
Is it really that difficult to figure out which religious book preaches violence and hate?
Just out of curiosity I read Bible and Koran and Gita(hindu book).
Wherever in Gita and bible it is said forgive and live in peace with others ,the koran says behead and kill.
Koran = Handbook of terrorism.

Posted by: Rajesh_singh at August 21, 2007 1:32 AM

Ms. Amanpour said, "I did come away with a sense that we — or those people who don't want to see religion in politics and culture — if we don't look into it and see what is going on, we're in danger of missing it and not be able to react to it properly."
Mr. Spencer said “Ain't it the truth, Ms. Amanpour?”

Mr. Spencer, I do believe this is a case of the disconnect between those in the MSM, Academia, and other Rabid Anti-American “Progressive” institutions and normal people with a shred of common sense DNA in their being, such as yourself.

Here, Ms. Amanpour is giving dire warning against those “Crazy Fundamentalist Judeo/Christians” that in habit the “fly-over” Red-States (read as redneck hicks to those like her).

Here you seem to be assuming she also is speaking of Fundamental Islam and it adherents. I personal don’t think so. I think her focus of her ire is in fact Judeo/Christianity. It is the Moral Fiber of Judeo/Christianity (the carbon atom or life force of caring individual responsibility) that gave the strength to the Steel of Capitalism (the ferrous atom or iron component that is soft and weak to outside forces without alloying with carbon atom). It is this combination that led to the west resisting the siren song of a communist nightmare that those like her fantasized about in the Cold War.

It still intrigues me how much alike the authoritarian systems of Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Islamism are in there perpetual war against individualism and their rights of self determination or free agency.

Posted by: senor doeboy at August 21, 2007 1:53 AM

Hugh:

While I see your point from a PR standpoint, she is nonetheless a communist. She would like nothing more than for the UN to become a single world government and divy up the assets of civilization to those "less fortunate." While she might want to give her fellow reporters a pay raise because they work for the public good, I have no doubt that she has no empathy for a small business owner trying to get ahead in life by working hard and taking risks.

Right wing would not accurately describe this site, but for the extreme blame America first crowd----a group that is almost exclusively left wing.

Right wingers can be stupid too, but its not a "blame America first" kind of stupid.

Posted by: JSobieski at August 21, 2007 2:05 AM

Amanpour?

Nomen est Omen.

Posted by: Allahfanculo at August 21, 2007 2:22 AM

From what I have learned, Ms. Amanpour is not Muslim. Her first name - Christiane - is a hint.

Posted by: Pelayo at August 21, 2007 2:39 AM

Hugh,

I agree that she is a fool.

I see her pointing at Jews and Christians as totalitarians because of their belief of SELF discipline.

All the while she embraces what appears to be an authoritarian system based on Pcism that has roots in Socialist, Communist, Fascist, and theories. At the same time she remains an Islamic apologist by claiming that fundamentalist of all religions are basically the same, but the west needs to worry more about young teenage evangelicals more then young jihadist.

What this new anti-western belief system is called is currently not in my vocabulary. Do you have a word for it… besides suicidal?

Posted by: senor doeboy at August 21, 2007 2:44 AM

I read the installment of Amanpour's report dealing with Israeli settlers in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). She is very careful to use language that sounds "fair and balanced," but as always, when you read between the lines, her story oozes anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian bias.

I can't wait to see how she paints us Christian Zionists.

Posted by: Ryan Jones at August 21, 2007 4:07 AM

...CNN pretends to be a reputable and knowledgeable news source....

Posted by: exsgtbrown at August 21, 2007 7:14 AM

"CNN's chief international correspondent told The Associated Press by phone from France, where she added last-minute touches to the series. "I just want people to know what's going on."

.....perhaps she should travel and get some firsthand experience...she could go to Iran and carry a bible....she could go to Somalia and tell them she has not had FGm...She could go to Iraq and tell them she would object to being forced to wear the Niqab....she could go to Pakistan and see if she could find one Christian who is still alive and free to practice his religion...she could go to the jungles of Malaysia to seek out one Christian rubber tree plantation worker who can openly sing a Christian song...she could go to Afghanistan to talk to a poor ice cream vendor who has not been tormented by Islamic thugs treatening his life...she could go to Darfur to see if she could find one village still standing that is inhabited by its original inhabitants who are free to farm and raise livestock without fear of Islamic attacks and forced slavery...

she should get out more...

Posted by: exsgtbrown at August 21, 2007 7:28 AM

Are you all sure she is a muslim? I remember hearing that she was a Christian by birth. How could she marry a Jewish man?

Will someone research this? I don't have time today.

Posted by: CGW at August 21, 2007 9:52 AM

the other Kennedy(Robert) was murdered by a jihadist (Sirhan)

That was a pretty neat trick, since Sirhan was a Protestant, not a Moslem.

Posted by: Seamus at August 21, 2007 10:44 AM

Sirhan was born in Jerusalem to Palestinian Christian parents and was raised in the Maronite Church. In his adult life however, he made several religious conversions, joining Baptist and Seventh-day Adventist churches, and dabbled in the occult.
"Wikipedia so it's questionable."

Posted by: senor doeboy at August 21, 2007 11:01 AM

Hugh, 2 points:

1. Why is the monniker "Communist" one from whence you run? That does not guarantee that "mainstreamers" (like myself) stay away, unless they are Socialists themselves.

2. The term "Communist" and "Socialist" could apply to almost anyone in the US schooled in the public "education" system. The basis of public schooling has focused on a lack of true education, like reading, writing, & ciphering. The focus has been on such bold innovative thrusts as "learning in the content area," affective domain," and "inherintly goodness."

So although one should be careful about name-calling when we aren't sure of her political ideology (although we know the leanings), I think the term applies because of the "so open-minded your brains fell out" comments exhibited by Amanpour.

Maybe we could use "Communist-like" or "Communist leaning?"

Posted by: Miss_Anthrope at August 21, 2007 11:13 AM

Sorry for misspells...too tired to check myself today.

Posted by: Miss_Anthrope at August 21, 2007 11:16 AM

That's it, I'll delete this from my Tivo to-do list. I don't want to waste 6 hours over 3 days watching a tedious exercise in moral relativism. She wasn't that young when she had to flee from Iran in 1979, so why the f*** is she so dumb? I bet her father was a Communist who, like so many others, sided with the Islamic revolutionaries against the Shah. How else can I explain why she didn't learn diddly squat about why the Islamic revolution took over her country?

Posted by: wrathofasma at August 21, 2007 12:51 PM

My dream is that Christiane Amanpour weds Keith Obermann. Like royalty, these two intense emissaries by taking the vows will link CNN up with NBC.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at August 21, 2007 2:00 PM

Christiane Amanpour is like a Muslim spy. Just look at her record in journalism, and family ties. She’s been a Muslim every step of the way, be it in Kosovo, Iraq, or Christianity vs. Islam. She’s been a good deceiver, looking like a Christian, talking like a Christian, and named like a Christian. Here again she’s selling moral relativism, with ultra-lefty gay-activist CNN behind her all the way.

Truly this series of shows is an insult to Christians and Jews. Not only do they equate God with Allah, but also blood-thirsty evil murderers with well-intentioned good citizens of the civilized world. One can’t help but ask, “What the hell is CNN’s agenda”? Something has gotta be wrong in CNN’s head for it to couple devout Christians with dangerous music and imagery, and the followers of the worst ideology in history.

Posted by: ofcourse at August 21, 2007 4:48 PM

Mr. Fitzgerald - you're absolutely right that we should not sling around accusations of communism regarding an individual without evidence to back it up.

Having said that - take a look at David Horowitz's Unholy Alliance, which documents in detail what many of us have suspected - namely, an alliance of Red and Green, as it were - international socialism-communism with militant Islam. Why not? They're both totalitarian ideologies, tempting belief systems for those who hate others' freedom.

Having taught in the academy for 18 years, I tell you with no hesitation that the place is rotten with socialists and led by anti-Semitic communists.

Incidentally - take a look at Diana West's first book: “The Death of the Grown-up: How America’s Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization.”

Posted by: Surak at August 21, 2007 5:26 PM

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/21/the-death-of-the-grown-up/

http://www.amazon.com/Death-Grown-up-Americas-Development-Civilization/dp/0312340486/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2871782-3815206?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187669845&sr=8-1

Posted by: Surak at August 21, 2007 5:27 PM

profitsbeard

Yeehaw...you the man!

Posted by: pismopal at August 21, 2007 7:53 PM

Ms. Amanpour is only a red herring. She exists in the media only as a tool of Islamists. Otherwise she is a total zero.

If you can't see through the meritless non-arguments of this broad, then you're in deep trouble.

Posted by: pythagoras at August 21, 2007 11:14 PM