 Although the film was not a major success , Robert Cettl in his 2009 book Terrorism in American cinema : an analytical filmography , 1960 – 2008 argues that the film reveals an alarmingly realist insight into US @-@ Middle Eastern politics and terrorism since the 2000s , dealing with an al @-@ Qaeda @-@ esque terrorist organization and the conspiracy theories that some believe the US government is using the Middle East as a cover @-@ up . 
