The opening scene from the documentary introduces us to Syiid Kotb and Leo Strauss.

Power of Nightmares on BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/3755686.stm

Power of Nightmares on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

The films compare the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and noting strong similarities between the two. More controversially, it argues that the threat of radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organised force of destruction, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is in fact a myth perpetrated by politicians in many countries—and particularly American Neo-Conservatives—in an attempt to unite and inspire their people following the failure of earlier, more utopian ideologies.