Adam Curtis, the BBC documentarian of "The Century of the Self" and "The Power of Nightmares" returns to the Middle East by exploring the history between Afghanistan, the United States and Saudi Arabia in "Bitter Lake".

Where the story bounces back and forth in time. Starting with The Quincy Agreement.

A secret agreement signed between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the King of Saudi Arabia in 1945 ensuring US aid for assisting them in the modernization of infrastructure--as well as military security in exchange for the United States having secure access to their oil supply.

The title "Bitter Lake" is based on the name of the Egyptian lake in middle of the Suez Canal. Where salt water from the Mediterranean and Red Sea meet--as well as where this agreement between FDR and the King of Saudi Arabia took place.