Hey Hollywood, I've got a pitch for you.
The movie opens in Syria. "Strangers" by The Kinks plays as a guy who looks like your barista mans a machine gun on the back of a tank. Cut to him smoking a cigarette while holding a grenade, and then reading The Collected Works of John Reed as armed soldiers rush past him.
The best part? It's all trueNew York Magazine published a story about this guy, Brace Belden, last week. He's 27 and worked at a boxing gym in San Francisco before he went to Syria to fight ISIS. Read more...
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