Iran, Sollozo, and Barzini
I'm a Godfather geek. Even a chick flick, Sleepless in Seattle, nailed an observation about the greatest film ever made. "The Godfather is the I Ching. Anything you need to know about life is in The Godfather."
In my humble opinion, our current involvement in the Middle East can also be explained via the Corleones. Osama is Sollozo. The Tattaglia family is Syria, and Iran is Barzini. The U.S. is the most feared, loved, hated, admired, richest, most powerful, most despised family of all, the Corleones.
If you know the movie, you can do the math. Barzini took on the Don from the shadows, using an independent agent as a willing tool and the Tattaglias as unwitting fodder. Syria controls Hezbollah, who is training and funding many insurgents. Hezbollah also executed that little war with Israel over the summer. As a side note, you have to admire someone smart enough to fight from a third country. Hezbollah starts the mess, Lebanon gets bombed. Bloody brilliant, that.
Anyway, back on point. In the shadows, Barzini pulls the puppet strings, learning about and inflicting damage on his enemy while seeming uninvolved until a major negotiation with all players comes up. Until then, Sonny blindly lashes out, continuing a long, destructive, expensive war.
Everything seems to fit the model. But we might have to wait till '08 to find out who is going to play Michael. And before you even type it, I know some of you have W pegged for Fredo. Sorry, he's playing Santino here. Lousy communicator, and bullheaded.
I was just going to end this post, and another casting choice popped up. Hillary is Carlo. The only reason she is this close to the top is marriage. Here's hoping that Obama can be Clemenza in the back seat.
In my humble opinion, our current involvement in the Middle East can also be explained via the Corleones. Osama is Sollozo. The Tattaglia family is Syria, and Iran is Barzini. The U.S. is the most feared, loved, hated, admired, richest, most powerful, most despised family of all, the Corleones.
If you know the movie, you can do the math. Barzini took on the Don from the shadows, using an independent agent as a willing tool and the Tattaglias as unwitting fodder. Syria controls Hezbollah, who is training and funding many insurgents. Hezbollah also executed that little war with Israel over the summer. As a side note, you have to admire someone smart enough to fight from a third country. Hezbollah starts the mess, Lebanon gets bombed. Bloody brilliant, that.
Anyway, back on point. In the shadows, Barzini pulls the puppet strings, learning about and inflicting damage on his enemy while seeming uninvolved until a major negotiation with all players comes up. Until then, Sonny blindly lashes out, continuing a long, destructive, expensive war.
Everything seems to fit the model. But we might have to wait till '08 to find out who is going to play Michael. And before you even type it, I know some of you have W pegged for Fredo. Sorry, he's playing Santino here. Lousy communicator, and bullheaded.
I was just going to end this post, and another casting choice popped up. Hillary is Carlo. The only reason she is this close to the top is marriage. Here's hoping that Obama can be Clemenza in the back seat.
posted by PKav at 11:11 PM
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