Latest cancel culture war is #JihadRehab in which a film about rehabilitating terrorists suddenly requires banning the film by people who haven't seen it. I remember when my in depth interview with John Walker Lindh meant I had "entrapped" him after bringing him medical care. 
Greg Barker did a great doc about my interview and the story of Lindh in a film called Detainee 001. I suppose he could have used some of those culture cancel vultures to pump up the ratings. vulture.com/2021/09/greg-b…
The best part was when I finally returned from Afghanistan I was interviewed by news networks around the world. Here is Matt Layer trying to portray me as a terrorist sympathizer. Hey Matt... hows that news job working out?
In my case, at least people had seen parts of the interview before they accused me on entrapping Lindh, being a sympathizer or worse...making money from the interview. In my mind, Lindh was just the second Irish American Jihadi I had interviewed.
Because my life is weird, I interviewed yet another Irish American mujahid. Eric Harroun. Eric's sorry is probably the saddest. But every story needs to be told, even if Muslim cancel culture filmmakers don't want you to hear it. vice.com/en/article/7xj…
I haven't seen the film, and it is embargoed before sale to distributors, but some have seen it and and liked it...a lot. But why do other people get to determine what I can watch because I might actually learn something or worse, form an educated opinion? variety.com/2022/film/fest…
In my case, being on both sides in a war is critical and even in my own doc, Lindh's role is minor but important. We need to understand why we are killing each other and why. Even if we don't want to hear the truth.
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