Money is really everything

Alexys 2022-03-25 09:01:08

A counter-terrorism movie contains too many deep political and economic issues.

The title is easily overlooked. In fact, it clearly introduces how poor the Middle East countries used to be. After discovering oil, how an emperor used money to bribe the royal family to control resources to manipulate oil prices, and why there are terrorist organizations, and even some of them are related to an emperor. relationship, very naked.

I haven't been to Saudi Arabia, but I went to Dubai a few years ago. The legendary city is only shown in a few ultra-luxury hotel malls and supercars everywhere. The seaside villas are all white, and they cross the river to the old city. It will be found that ordinary local people have little money, but they do not work, and all the workers are Indian and Pakistani. Every hour the loudspeaker starts broadcasting, the men nearby go to the mosque to pray, and the women are separated in another hut, making people feel that religion can really be eaten. The local Arab women are covered with black robes from head to toe, and they have to lift the veil with one hand and deliver the meal with one hand. I accidentally stepped on a woman's robe and immediately felt the killing look in your eyes. Such a nation, training an eagle and riding a camel, is willing to be at the mercy of others? What kind of hatred does it take to be determined to be a human bomber, send children to the battlefield, and execute white people live?

In these wars, big and small, in order to satisfy a certain emperor's control of oil and his desire for money, hatred was created out of nowhere.

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The Kingdom quotes

  • Colonel Faris Al Ghazi: Tonight, we have the dinner in the palace. Uh, Miss Mayes, she can't be there. It's only men.

    Ronald Fleury: Only men?

    Colonel Faris Al Ghazi: Yeah, you know, tradition.

    Ronald Fleury: That's gonna be boring.

  • Adam Leavitt: How many princes are there?

    Colonel Faris Al Ghazi: Over five thousand.

    Ronald Fleury: Does every prince get a palace this big?

    Colonel Faris Al Ghazi: Some get bigger.

    Adam Leavitt: And who pays for all this?

    Grant Sykes: Exxon. Chevron. Shell.

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