It’s the first time in 5 years that I have a spring break of sorts. Sure I have to work, but I was doing both working and going to school. So spring break is a nice break in the day to day work, school, sleep, work, school, sleep, functions.

At one point over the past weekend I picked up a copy of The Grid. The 6 part mini series paints a picture of how certain parts of our government works or should work against terrorist plots, but moreover it paints a picture of how truly brain washed and fundamentalist some of these people are. Specifically some of them who claim to be religious actually are not, they kill in the name of god but do not even attend.

THE GRID involves a terrorist cell operating on a global level and a team of American and British counter-terrorists who are tasked with stopping it. It focuses on the emotional cost of war on victims, as well as the emotional cost on those fighting terrorism. The story opens with a deadly sarin attack in London. NSC counter-terrorism director Maren Jackson (Margulies) enlists FBI agent Max Canary (McDermott) and CIA Middle Eastern analyst Raza Michaels (Marek) to aid in the investigation. Acton Sandman (Skerritt), CIA deputy director of counter-terrorism, oversees the clandestine operation on foreign soil. Also on the task force is Emily Tuthill (Redgrave), director of operations for Britain’s MI6; and Derek Jennings (Hill), MI5 senior director of counter-terrorism. Dating Jackson is Hudson “Hud” Benoit (Remar), CEO of HBI Energy Consultants, Worldwide, while Canary is engaged to Jane McCann (Devicq), who lost her husband in the attack on the World Trade Center. Jay Aldrich (Forster) is a former head of the State Department and Jackson’s mentor. Muhammad (David) is the mastermind of a new terrorist organization; Kaz Moore (Moricz) is a Chechen American Muslim extremist working with Muhammad; and Dr. Raghib Mutar (Carson) is a devout Muslim doctor in Cairo who is torn between his spiritual interpretation of the Muslim faith and Muhammad’s more violent secular view.

This was made for TNT and is now available at blockbuster to rent and after the first hour you’ll be sure to be sucked into the world of anti-terrorism. What I found really interesting was the use of brainwashing tactics and how they terrorists brainwashed these boys not even 15 years old into becoming suicide bombers. All of this was under the guise of a boys school or dumas.

Hate breeds hate my friends.

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