Qatar_Blue
December 17th, 2005, 10:06 PM
For the people that enjoyed the movie "Syriana" i certainly did. Here is an interview with the ex CIA agent whom the movie was based on:
Mobile, Ala.: What does "Syriana" actually mean? Is it a place, real or fictional?
Robert Baer: It's a fictional place, a term used inside the Beltway, to describe redrawing the borders in the Middle East to suit our interests. It's a made-up name. :eek2: For example, Iraq is very much an artificial country and that is one reason we're having so many problems there because the Iraqis are not a people with a common identity.
Iraq was made up by the British from three Ottoman provinces after WWI but history tells us the British were unable to unify the Iraqis. :bash:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/12/05/DI2005120501696.html
Mobile, Ala.: What does "Syriana" actually mean? Is it a place, real or fictional?
Robert Baer: It's a fictional place, a term used inside the Beltway, to describe redrawing the borders in the Middle East to suit our interests. It's a made-up name. :eek2: For example, Iraq is very much an artificial country and that is one reason we're having so many problems there because the Iraqis are not a people with a common identity.
Iraq was made up by the British from three Ottoman provinces after WWI but history tells us the British were unable to unify the Iraqis. :bash:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/12/05/DI2005120501696.html