Excerpt from a review of Syriana: "Maybe that's because it's steeped in the nasty realities of international petro-politics. NPR's Robert Siegel, who says the movie made him want to rush out and buy a hybrid, interviewed the real-life inspiration for the Clooney character on All Things Considered. Ex-CIA officer Robert Baer explains that the movie's title comes from Washington think tanks, where wonks in conference rooms dream of creating a Middle Eastern country whose politics are more favorable to US oil interests. Sound familiar? The problem is everyone has a different notion of what this fictitious country, Syriana, looks like."
