Is it surprising? Absolutely not. It's inevitable.

It was absolutely inevitable that it would penetrate our storytelling. It was the flashpoint to all kinds of things we're living today — from a war to airport security. It's natural that movies and TV would absorb it.

It is very troubling, but not surprising.

We're not being elusive, ... I think we have to wait until we're absolutely backed into a corner.

It's not surprising that there's been no response

Whether these decrees were signed by the president and absolutely contradictory or not, either way it shows the advanced decrepitude of the management of the affairs of state in Guinea.