If you have time, watch Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gyz6b http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gyz6b (also available on youtube

If you have time, watch Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gyz6b http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gyz6b (also available on youtube if you are outside the UK - though seems mildly edited) Shows the tangled complicity in each others affairs that exists between UK, US and the Arab countries, and some of the background behind them and the leverage that we have over each over.