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Nearly “13,500 soldiers have been dismissed as a result of the policy. But if you think about it, that is 13,500 units who have lost surgeons, translators, officers,” Choi said. “We are sending units overseas without the full armor and support owed to them...
...most frustrating part of the movie is the sheer number of major characters. It is difficult to develop 15 personalities in less than two hours, especially when those hours are chock-full of fabulous shining armor and giant scorpions. Often a supposedly major character will have an epiphany, only to be killed three minutes later...
...children's classics (Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), he's confected his own scary, sweet bedtime fables (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride). The typical hero of these films is a naf who stumbles into a world that threatens or baffles him and whose armor against its denizens is his innocence. Granted, that's the plot of many children's books, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to The Lord of the Rings. But it also suggests that Burton has been making variations on Carroll his whole career. His new Alice in Wonderland is just...
...Gates also criticized NATO for buying the wrong weapons for the wrong war - a criticism he has consistently directed at the U.S. military as well during his three-year tenure, chiding it for buying wonder weapons for hypothetical wars while soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq lack armor and spy drones. "Despite the need to spend more on vital equipment for ongoing missions, the alliance has been unwilling to fundamentally change how it sets priorities and allocates resources," Gates said. He praised Denmark for giving up its submarine fleet - who knew? - in order to double the size of its expeditionary...
...work. But more indicative of his character was the way he communicated with our men and women in uniform, whether near the battlefield or at their bedside. He thanked them for their courage and listened to their concerns. He always answered their needs, responding to their calls for body armor, up-armored vehicles and reliable radios. In those moments, he bonded with them through his own personal military experiences--as a Marine who fought in the Vietnam War--and cared for them like a father. I'll never forget the sparkle in Jack's eye when he saw a wounded...