The Power of Nightmares

For those of you who have not yet seen The Power of Nightmares, a documentary on the origins of radical Islam and Neoconservatives, you can download it at archive.org.

After reading Atrios' comments about an old prison in Providence, RI

Anyway, in the diary were observations about the mental health of the prisoners.
The prisoners lived in solitary confinement, in small rooms lacking natural
light. The diarist expressed genuine surprise that it didn't take very long
(6-12 months) for prisoners - many of whom were in for minor offenses - to start
displaying signs of profound mental illness.

I was reminded of how the documentary showed that what was at the time radical Islam became so much more radical after its proponents were tortured by the Egyptian government. Imagine what the U.S. is breeding today.