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...from his earlier comments. Prompted by the threat of a civil lawsuit against him by Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the Marine who is a focus of the investigation, he said in a written statement: "I want to express my sincere apology to the Marines of the 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and especially SSgt Frank D. Wuterich. On November 19, 2005, in Haditha, Iraq, they were involved in an incident that resulted in the deaths of Iraqi civilians. Some news outlets have promoted incomplete statements attributed to me that gave the false impression that...
...conflict in terms and tones that would comfort as much as enlighten the audience. A neutral eye might see them as propaganda. But there was no neutrality in movie theaters. So the Germans were painted as sadistic dandies, the Japanese as deranged barbarians. And the American GIs, in a platoon of varied ethnicities (all white - this was before the integration of the Army), were steely men of purpose, risking their lives, sometimes dying, to defend democracy. The underlying presumption: WWII was the good war, fought by the greatest generation...
Unfortunately, while “World Trade Center,” Stone’s meditation on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, may have ample emotional oomph, it lacks the incisive moral commentary of his classic “Platoon...
...their defense, the still-recent proximity to 9/11 largely neuters Stone and Berloff’s ability to use the event to make a statement like the one Stone made in “Platoon,” lest they appear disrespectful. This is a film that opens its mouth to speak, but instead of words, all that comes out is a soul-piercing, over-rehearsed scream...
...over its prospects, the Israelis and the Lebanese agree that it may be their only hope of achieving a cease-fire. Until, Sgt. Yoshua says he intends to keep updating the marks on the barrel of his tank's cannon with the number of Hizballah kills claimed by his platoon - 50 so far, he says. And somewhere across the line, a Hizballah missile-man is probably keeping a similar tally of dead Israelis. Sgt. Yoshua is in his early twenties, but his gaze is battle-hardened, hollow. The soldier knows that Lebanon holds many perils for Israelis - and for future...