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Can we officially say that Mel Gibson is slightly off-base?

At a film festival in Texas, Gibson, 50, drew parallels between the collapsing Mayan civilisation depicted in the movie and the current situation in the US.

"The precursors to a civilisation that's going under are the same, time and time again," Gibson said after the work-in-progress screening at the weekend. "What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?

"I don't mean to be a doomsday guy, but the Mayan calendar does end in 2012, boys and girls. Have fun!"

Being against the war is one thing. Drawing paralells to the U.S. and the Mayans through the end of the 13th b'ak'tun in December 2012 while promoting a movie....that's a little different.