18 August 2008

From The Black Iris, reviewing the movie Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?:

Soon enough (thankfully), Spurlock sets off on his journey where he heads to Egypt first. Talking to a relative of Ayman Zawahiri, Spurlock’s interaction with Egyptians only validates the underlying point that the overwhelming majority of Arabs and Muslims have when it comes to America and Osama Bin Laden, points that can be summed up as follows: one. we love Americans but we hate American foreign policy in the region. Two. We hate Osama Bin Laden because he tarnishes Islam and kills innocents. Three. The US oppresses us (by supporting our direct oppressors).

Practically every conversation Spurlock had with average people in the Arab world consisted of those answers to all his questions. In Egypt, he presents a reality unknown to most Americans: a country with little to no civil liberties; a reality supported financially and politically by the US government. This is put in a historical context, tracing America’s legacy of doing the exact same thing all over the world (and this region) for over half a century.

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