A DEVIOUS GAME

written by: ANURAG SAHOO

In my post named “THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT A MOVIE,” I had mentioned about how one can know about world issues from movies. Movies are after all the reflections of our society. There were different genres like WILD WEST, HORROR, ACTION, COMEDY, THRILLER, ROMANCE. But lately, I’ve been seeing too much of SPY movies. JAMES BOND stands out as the most famous spy ever. But my point in this post is not discussing about him. It is to discuss rather about some of the disturbing things about US policy in MIDDLE EAST which often forms the subject of many HOLLYWOOD HITS.

The other day I watched RIDLEY SCOTT‘s BODY OF LIES which starred stalwarts like LEONARDO DI CAPRIO and RUSSELL CROWE. The movie deals about CIA (central intelligence agency, USA) and Jordan’s GID (general intelligence directorate) relentless pursuit of a terrorist leader and the double crossing game played by CIA. The movie portrays a strong yet erratic picture of how USA deals with its contacts in Middle East and how it dumps them after the use. Another movie SYRIANA starring GEORGE CLOONEY and MARK WAHLBERG shows how deceiving US government can be for OIL. It can kill the royal family member of an OIL RICH NATION; it can make dangerous double dealings with anybody and in this process can fool even an agent who is so loyal. And it’s not better to mention about the controversial documentary FAHRENHEIT 9/11 by Michael Moore which established conspiracy theory of the 9/11 attacks and was one of the small yet effective reasons for George W Bush’s stepping down as US President. SPY GAME starring BRAD PITT and ROBERT REDFORD is another classic example of the dangerous manipulations US intelligence makes in its MIDDLE EAST operations. And I’m not going to forget all those violent and gory images and video clips of terrorist beheading their hostages and captives which millions of people see in news channels or in the internet. These shows the various atrocities man commits to fellow men.

These movies showcases that not even the Americans trust their intelligence agency when it comes to fair play. Is the CIA so cunning and inhuman when it comes to COUNTER TERRORISM combat? If the answer is YES, then what is the difference between those terrorist who at least claim their responsibility behind the attacks and CIA who is doing everything in a hideous manner. It is high time the entire world takes notice about this as movies are indeed the reflection of life and all this maybe happening in reality while I’m sitting comfortably inside my hostel room and writing this post and listening to DJ TIESTO.