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Tim Shorrock

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Writer on Korea, Japan, US Empire, Bob Dylan. Grieving father of Roxanne, whose fierce spirit I will always carry. On BlueSky: timshorrock.bsky.social.

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4 years ago

I'd forgotten that THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS begins with French soldiers "encouraging" an Algerian broken by torture. And I'm sickened that General Petreaus and his merry band of counterinsurgents used it as a training film for their dirty little wars. criterionchannel.com/videos/the-bat…

I'd forgotten that THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS begins with French soldiers "encouraging" an Algerian broken by torture. And I'm sickened that General Petreaus and his merry band of counterinsurgents used it as a training film for their dirty little wars. criterionchannel.com/videos/the-bat…