Pax Syriana - to “remake any geographic region to suit his own needs”
From Grammarphobia Blog September 2008:
“The 2005 movie “Syriana,” starring George Clooney, took its name from “Pax Syriana,” according to the film’s director and screenwriter, Stephen Gaghan. /…/
“For my purposes,” he added, “I thought it was just a great word that could stand for man’s perpetual hope of remaking any geographic region to suit his own needs, a dream that in the case of the Middle East has been going on at least since the time of Caesar in 80 BC.”
Let’s not have this grand vision get stuck in a daydream. Do you follow me in this line of thought?
