Talk:Eye in the Sky

Abdül Fakkadi and the Ottomans

I think the article should expand upon what makes the mirrorverse Fakkadi and his country different. Aside from being a pacifist instead of a craving mad dictator, he's also an Ottoman, which raises the high possibility that he's NOT an Arab in this universe but a Turk! Also, the real Ottoman Empire was overthrown in 1923 (after WWI), but they still exist in Shattered Glass. The article not only fails to mention this last bit, but the statement "his people are referred to as the "Ottomans"" makes it seem like the Ottomans are made up =/ perhaps a link to Wikipedia's article on the Ottoman Empire would be useful -- Ziyad 18:03, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

Abdul Fakkadi was always more based on Muammar al-Gaddafi than anyone, which makes him Libyan, not Arab. Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire.--Rosicrucian^Talk 18:12, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

Libya is an Arab country, though. So, any Libyan is also considered an Arab, includding Gaddafi, and, in respect, Fakkadi. That said, Libya was indeed conquered by the Ottomans, who assign leaders of their own to the territories they capture, so Libya at that point was run by the Turks, before being taken by the Italians, then finally handed over to the Arabs. Hence, it's safe to assume that Abdul Fakkadi is Arab in the conventional-verse (with all the stereotypicality of Carbombya, it's hard to deny that), and possible to conclude he's Turkish in the mirrorverse, because he is ruling an Ottoman territory. -- Ziyad 19:53, 14 August 2009 (EDT)