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...says this kind of person is one who loves authority but would probably never have the chance to exert such power in the real world. The German military, in Kanz’s opinion, is “run by a bunch of pseudo-Rambos,” young drill sergeants who “have complete power over you” but lack the maturity to handle that kind of power. He recalls how one young man who, in light of the Kosovo bombing at the time, refused to serve on his first day at the boot camp?...
...this vein, the production makes no attempt to revamp the script or drill home the work’s potential impact on a modern audience. Instead, it stays true to sometimes quirky 1930s lingo and the brazenly leftist, pro-union messages. The characters, too, with names like Mr. Mister and Dr. Specialist—not-so-subtle prototypes of social powers and evils—remain perfectly intact from Blitzstein’s original...
...Republic magazine, illustrated this point in early October. “Attacking Saddam,” he wrote, “…entails huge financial costs, risks American lives, and could prompt civil war in precisely those parts of Iraq where oil companies want to drill. Lifting sanctions would far more easily produce the same result—since it is sanctions that have partially prevented Iraq from importing the equipment that it needs to boost oil production.” There are serious risks, moreover, that a war could lead to the devastation of many petroleum-rich...
...year, $3.5-billion contract guaranteeing them access to the colossal West Qurna oil field—which may hold up to 15 billion barrels—once sanctions are lifted. Last week, the Iraqi newspaper Al-Zawra indicated that another Russian firm had solidified an arrangement to drill wells south of Basra...
...debriefing of all parties involved will be held in two weeks in order to critique the drill...