[Video] NSFL: French troops killing random civilians in Algeria (1950s)

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• stevestevesteve@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What the fuck was the justification here?

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  • Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Colonialism

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  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Bringing civilization to barbarians”

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• lemonhead2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  why was someone filming?

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  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Bragging rights

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    • Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It was basically standard procedure until the footage from the Vietnam War made it back to America.

      Can’t find it now but I found an article about this back in the day. The only picture I remember was american solders posing in front of what was clearly an entire village massacred and stack on eacht oher,.

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    • lemonhead2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      bragging rights for murdering civilians? shouldnt that be an immediate court-martial, prison etc?

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