Home Humanity Bitter Lake
Bitter Lake
0

Bitter Lake

Share Button

Bitter Lake is a 2015 BBC documentary film by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It argues that Western politicians keep simplifying the stories they tell, into a simple-to-digest by the public “good” vs. “evil” argument, due to society’s overwhelming chaos and disorder, which they neither grasp nor understand.

The film attempts to explain several complex and interconnected narratives. One of the narratives is how past governments, including Russia and the West, with their continued, largely failing, interventions in Afghanistan, keep repeating such failures, without properly understanding the country’s cultural background or its past political history and societal structure.

It also outlines the US’s alliance with Saudi Arabia, especially the former’s agreement to buy Saudi oil, for control of a key energy supplier during the cold-war era, with Saudi Arabia gaining wealth and security in return, with agreement withstanding provided it was allowed to continue its violent and fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, Wahhabism, uninhibited from external influence. This in turn has fed like a feedback loop back into the many troubles the world faces with regards to various pseudo-Jihadic forces spanning the 1970s to present day; be they the Mujahideen, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and into ISIS.

The title is taken from the 1945 meeting of US president Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, on a ship in the Great Bitter Lake on the Suez Canal, where much of the events to follow could be said to have originated.

Share Button
tags:
Heikegani
The Replica Breitling Watch is by far different from the earlier one in replica watches sale that this time round it has additional professional features, such as for the aviation professionals. The new curve on the replica watches sale actually make it more likeable and impressive.The backlight is designed to function in light or dark situations. The rolex replica sale has been noted and has received certification. These is a must have rolex replica watches and it has a water resistance quality. When buying a watch you need to count on a jeweler who will sell the product affordably. One the rolex replica sale are cheap and contain a tag of quality in them. There are many available styles that you get to choose from.