I live in this city

I'm writing a paper and things about the 1956 revolution keep striking me as interesting. If you are up to it, read this article. It is from the October 31, 1956 in the Manchester Guardian, the now paper more commonly called The Guardian.

This article's similarities with ones written today are interesting. A lot of the parts of this story is in the news today (or at least in the very recent history).
Take the coalition of the willing for example. The call for the an international brigade like in the Spanish civil war are almost like the calls for a coalition of the willing. Calls for international troops to come to the rescue of a people and to protect freedom everywhere. I know there are obvious differences like the international brigade were the communists but the coalition of the willing was decidedly not communist. But there are similarities. They seem kind of strange and maybe can tell a lot about now.
Is the coalition of the willing was just a modernized international brigade with different goals, different attitudes, and different tactics? possibly.
The picture is also striking. The same can be seen in the news. Compare this to the one in the Manchester Guardian. The one from Iraq is a city shot and things look just as bombed out as in 1956. I am struck because of the familiarity of the buildings. I see these buildings everyday and its hard to reconcile the images of the 1956 to today. It gives you perspective when you walk around the city because you know it was once the stage for a doomed battle for freedom.

This city rocks!