re: #430 Nimed

Ok, so the Sardaukar are Israelis (that’s not too flattering), the Bene Gesserit are Jesuits, the Fremen are obviously Arabic - and their home, Arrakis is invaded, blah, blah, blah.

WTF?

Well he dropped the Sardukar Israeli theme.

The idea behind the politics of Dune was always OPEC. The analogies are easy to make.