Fahim Ibne Sarwar*
Aladeen is everywhere. In Asia, in
the Arab world, in Latin America.
Aladeens have been, are and will be
everywhere! We always criticize them
and make fun of them after they have
―retired‖ (actually died or being
ousted).
The 2012 movie ‗The Dictator‘ is
about the great dictator Admiral
General Aladeen.
This movie gives a
humorous criticism of
the dictator in a world
post-Saddam Hussein
and Muammar Gaddafi.
The great dictators of
the Arab world, the
kings of the desert.
When these dictators
were alive they were the owners of
their countries and their people and
a threat to others, specially the U.S.
and their allies.
How do we forget Gaddafi‘s oil
politics that troubled the U.S.A. and
their friends in the 1980s? And that
oil is the reason that Gaddafi had
been thrown out and killed. Same
goes for Saddam Hussein. Dictators
are everywhere. However, Admiral
General Aladeen is an Arab,
portrayed as a dumb Muslim
Dictator.
The movie is a complete political
entertainment. It criticizes almost
everything important in international
politics. What else made Aladeen
different from others? To name but a
few, nuclear weapons, the Wadiyan
dictionary, the Wadiyan Olympic
Games, the repetition of execution,
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The people of Wadiya love being
oppressed! – That‘s what Admiral
General Aladeen believes and does
for a living! He oppresses others!
Where is Wadiya and who is
Aladeen? That‘s really an amusing
question. Take a world map and
point your finger outside America
and Europe. Everywhere else in the
world you point at is Wadiya and
there is an Aladeen for the people
who love being oppressed!
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You are with Aladeen or with Aladeen!:
Dissecting The Dictator