Reply #4: Sundance Channel today--"The Battle Of Algiers" [View All]

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The classic 1965 film study of a successful "insurgent terrorist" campaign.

Weirdly, "The Battle Of Algiers" is NOT in the cable listing. The listing shows "The Tunnel." I found it by accident because it was early morning and I was bleary-eyed channel surfing.

Our Dept. Of Defense has allegedly been studying "The Battle Of Algiers" for background on Iraq.

I don't know what the hell they're looking for. This movie is a study in moral ambiguity, not one of the Pentagon's strong suits.

I can just imagine Dumb Donny Rumsfailed watching the press conference scene:

The French complain about Algerian terrorists killing innocent people with "bombs in bicycle baskets."

The Algerian replies: "Your bombers drop napalm on villages full of innocent people. Give us your bombers and we'll give you our baskets."

The movie may be showing on Sundance again at 1:30 Pacific time today.