It's been five days since we returned from India. Perhaps a night at the movies will help us beat jet lag that still haunts us, we think. Femme and I debate what new movie to watch. It's a tossup between Shikar (her choice) and Syriana (my choice) and I prevail.
Syriana was billed as a political drama thriller and frankly I expected more from it. Still it is a vivid depiction of the corrupting influence of oil on geopolitics. It is a damning indictment of America's corporate culture and a withering look at the political class in Washington who back the wrong horse and kill any chance of reform in the Middle East. This is not to say that the film makes excuses for the violence that ravages the Middle East or for a culture that routinely generates suicide bombers. There are other well compiled reasons to explain that scourge. What the film does is give the average Joe another perspective on the issues that torment the Middle East.
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