Hijacking Catastrophe

The Brain Growth team was relieved to find something a little less controversial, but equally persuasive in its analysis of the selling of the Iraq war to the American public.Begins with the introduction of the makers of the Contract for a New American Century and points out the need for another "Pearl Harbor".

Shows how fear was generated in the American public and how that fear was used to sucker punch the Constitution with the Patriot Act. Brings up peak oil and shows how the war in Afghanistan was used to introduce American military bases along the proposed oil pipeline. And how having a military presence in Iraq allows the U.S. to target all the oil rich countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia.

Lots of interviews, including insigtful comments from Norman Mailer, Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky. Because the discussion highlights the psychology of manipulating the public the film is accessible to those who have little interest in politics.