At times, in global history one has to contemplate whether the causalities of human life are warranted in order to achieve a political goal. This is very true to what transpired in the Battle of Algiers. Throughout the film, we learned a great deal about the killings of innocents that transpired while many were trying to “better” the country for the long run. Within the film, the FLN was a politically motivated group who instilled a great deal of fear in those who were resistant to change, (Briley, R., 2016). The FLN was absolutely politically motivated because they wanted a great deal of change in their government that surely could not come about peacefully, (Briley, R., 2016). What this film points out is the intense debate between whether violence should be condoned to overthrow corrupt governments or whether violence in itself is not justified under any circumstances.
In studying the horrific events in Syria, this film surely is quite parallel to the situation that is happening in Syria. The revolutionaries in Syria are eventually going to have to overthrow the government in order for peace to be obtained. The reality is that their current government is done and even if Russia and Iran keep giving weapons, eventually there will be such a large mass migration or the revolutionaries will start to fight. We already see a great deal of both of these outcomes transpiring as we speak. Thus, it is highly likely that we are going to see the revolutionaries fighting with weapons in order to overthrow the government. Once this transpires, then we will see a peace that follows; however, until then, there is going to have to be a battle before there is a dawn of a new era.
Works Cited
Briley, R. Terrorism on Screen: Lessons from the Battle of Algiers. Historians.org. 2016 Web. 9 April 2016.
