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Syriana
I can't read the Journal about it but I want to discuss this movie very much. I think it was a great attempt to deal, with a very difficult topic.
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The United States is actually a republic!
North Korea is a vested interest of China. China says you bother North Korea, you bother us. China also has a Army of 1,000,000 combat arm troops. Nevertheless China is an emerging market. A consumer market of over a billion people waiting to be tapped. American companies which I won't name, but I happen to work for one of them has billions of dollars invested over there, who happen to have Congress by the -/balls-/ and say "Hey man don't f--k with my money" so Congress backs down. Because they do not want to cause any volatility and potentially jeopoardize all that capital. Because come re-election time who is going to make those donations and back those same politicians so they can get re-elected.
Simply stated, a democracy is a dictatorship of the majority. Look at Socrates he was executed by a democracy: though he harmed no one, the majority found him intolerable.
I just read an interesting issue on democracy in this November Time Magazine issue. It showed many flaws within the democtratic system in the U.S.. For example, politicians cow-tow to whoever has the most power on every issue ? meaning large corporations or nations. Very rarely are issues judged/laws passed because on their merit. Maybe not the right forum but you guys seem to have intelligent opinions. So I am posing it to you: is democracy the most just form of ruling a nation?
Syriana was good as well. It had a good point. The desire for economic dominance gives birth to all kinds of chaos.
I cringed when that Muslim guy (at a party drinking and smoking with scantily clad woman around all over the place) who was buying the weapons from Clooney at the begining of the movie was asked (by Clooney) when they are going to get giong with their deal and the guy says , "after prayer'.....
Its a sad but VERY TRUE relection of what the young generation is like in many of these Muslim countries........not all of course, but way too many
and yah being a poli sci major...all this hidden political deviance is no longer a surprise to me...it's sooo disturbing seeing people that are capable of making a difference being pushed to the side...i.e. prince nasir in the movie
I agree they could have made it flow better, but I was greatful to see the "big picture" for a change. At least this movie showed the myriad of aspects involved in the foreign policy of powerful nations. Personally, I think the Powerful Elite like to keep the general population ignorant - its easier for them. Otherwise they would have named "Operation Iraqi Freedom" something like "Operation We Want Your Oil And You Cant Do Nothin About It".
despite that though i do think it was an amazing movie...cuz i agree it's a very difficult topic to address...so many people are blinded to the reality of the situation especially those that are out of tune with politics....it really hit home
i make fun of my friends for crying at the movies but i was the one that got all teary eyed this time...especially towards the end...and what's up with that nail pulling torture!!
as for the urdu speakers...i was just glad to get a break from reading the captions... so no complaints here...however i must say subhan'Allah Arabic is such a beautiful language...you could appreciate that fact in this movie...out of all the languages uttered it was the most pleasing to hear
anyway...i missed the first 5 minutes or so of the movie up until the part where the car exploded and clooney was walking away...can anyone fill me in before that?
Did other people see a parallel with Haliburton and the oil company (Celine Dione Kleenex or something)?
This might be a stretch but how about The Vulcans (hard liners for the Iraq war) - scooter libby et al not the Star Trek ones) and CLI (Committe for Liberating Iran)? It seemed like a slam dunk to me but other who saw it didn't see it.
All in all I think the movie was excellent - I don't see a lot of folks in this country liking it too much or even understanding it. lol the people seated next to me seemed ever so confused.
?if one lazy a*s black get fired for not working, the whole world falls apart?
I am sure unintentionally you just made a ?minor? racist comment. Very true that racism is basic human nature, some people take to it like pigs in slop and some people try to better themselves by not making comments like the one you just made. Its amazing to me when minorities marginalize racism as being something ?minor? ? I wonder if it?s a denial issue or if they really just don?t go through what most of us do.
As for racism, it existed years ago, and exists today, but runs underground. Wake up! Just because you don't witness racism in your nice suburban life it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. The majority of people are still ignorant in terms of racial equality, and cultural diversity is moving slow as a turtle.
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