Pirating files for the good of knowing

I pirated a copy of The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) and was blown away by the movie itself. But more blown away by the parallels the French led war in Algeria has with the US led war in Iraq. Oh, I hope we can all work it out together. This repeat in history is bothersome. There is so much to say. Is the current violence in Iraq a revolution? The main difference seems to be that the US did not colonize Iraq? Does this make it better or worse? Can you compare? I hope that in Iraq there is a general commander like the main character in the movie which states it as clearly as the character, how he is a military man and is doing his job saying, 'at this point you have to question, should France be in Algeria?' Should the US be in Iraq? Vey powerful stuff.