The problem with modern Lawrences of Arabia
Westerners who pack up their bags and join foreign wars always know what they are fighting against, but rarely do they understand what they are fighting for, writes C August Elliott. In the documentary Point and Shoot, we are introduced to Matthew Van Dyke, an American who fell in love with the celebrity of Lawrence of Arabia so much that he left his mother and girlfriend behind to go and fight with the Libyan rebels against Gaddafi.
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