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More 24!

Posted 16 Jan 2007 in Islam, jihadists, pop culture, terrorism

Ok, now we’ve had 4 new episodes of 24. And I was thrilled to see the return of Jack Bauer (biting the throat of that terrorist scumbag was really taking it to the next level).

However, I’m getting tired of the sanctimonious messaging within the show. You know, the part where the CAIR-type organization is unfairly targeted for scrutiny by the Nasty McEvil FBI and they “bravely” fight back by defying a search warrant and shredding all their personnel records rather than submitting to a legal search. It’s like they’re trying to say “Yes, we know we’ve got a bunch of dangerous Islamic terrorists on the show, but don’t you viewers go thinking that all Muslims are jihadists. Why lookee here, here’re some Muslims who might help CTU!” Well duh! Of course not all Muslims are jihadists. But we don’t need to be slapped in the face about it. And certainly not by a CAIR-lookalike.

And what’s up with Kumar going all jihad? Man, someone needs to get that guy some more White Castles! Either that, or perhaps those little steamed burgers cause Islamic militantism! Damn, there’s the cause of all our problems!!

I was disappointed in Jack helping out Dr. Bashir, oops, I meant Assad. Suddenly, a terrorist responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans wants to be political? And what, have talks with American politicians about how he wants to kill all Americans? Rings kinda hollow when he and his fellow jihadists are fully armed and hiding out in America. Puh-leeze. Assad says he’s there to stop Fayed. I guess we’ll see if he gets the chance to help kill him (and then show his commitment to nonviolence). But we’ve already seen how groups like Hamas and Hezbollah simply use politics as a means of appeasing their enemies until they’re able to strike with a more favorable tactical position (hudna). Jack should have capped his ass. Or better yet, allowed the jet to take out Assad and his gun-toting terrorist helpers. At the very least, he should have let Curtis take him out. I understand the whole “I gave my word” thing, but come on. Kill your friend to save a terrorist? Ugh. Methinks the Chinese fucked up Jack’s head a bit too much.

And what about that freakin’ bomb? Holy cow, a nuclear bomb detonated in L.A.! I really thought the dad was going to successfully stop the bomb maker before he could arm it. While all this was going on, I was saying to traci that if they found out where the suitcase nuke actually was, they should have scrambled the fighters and taken out the target by air rather than attempting to take the building with a few measly SWAT officers. And judging by that mushroom cloud, my armchair quarterbacking was dead on (no pun intended).

Does anyone else think Jack is toast? He’s close enough to see the blast, it looks like he was just a few blocks away. I’d think he’s gonna be showered with radioactive fallout and be dead by the end of the season/day. One more little bone of contention: we see Jack talking on his cellphone in the trailer for next week – hasn’t anyone on the show ever heard of an EMP?

Even with all that, I’m riveted already and can’t wait ’til next Monday. Of course, since Heroes starts back next week, I’m gonna have to decide which to watch and which to tape.
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