Word: soldierism
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...Palestinians are trying to cross through. The U.S. embassy people who perform periodic checks to make sure things are running smoothly at these checkpoints should really make surprise visits. Usually, the Israelis know beforehand that the Americans are scheduled for inspection. We can tell because that's when the soldiers open all the gates. But most of the time, there's only one soldier, and you have to be very patient and pretend to be sympathetic while he or she is on the cellphone for 10 minutes talking to a friend or a mother. Otherwise, if you try to hurry...
...process of bringing charges against the former P.M. through an investigation by the Assets Scrutiny Committee-a team handpicked by the coup leaders-has been slow. Despite the criticisms of the CNS, Sonthi, 60, still commands support from many Thais, not least because of his reputation as an incorruptible soldier in a country where both politicians and military brass have been accused of illegally profiting from their positions. In his conversation with TIME, the general defended the coup as the only way to stabilize Thailand, and vowed that, unlike previous Thai military leaders, he does not see politics...
...TIME: You were once held up as the epitome of the professional soldier. What made you take political action? SONTHI: Thailand has a unique democratic system in which its people want to be under an administration with the King as the head of state. But, in recent years, the democratic system the people wanted was not the democratic system we got. There was interference with many organizations, especially the independent organizations established to oversee and scrutinize the government's actions. The previous government wanted to control the whole system. That [led to] large-scale corruption [and] vote buying during local...
...carries out the orders of his pigheaded commanding officer, Henry Fonda, even as it leads to a massacre--and can still say years later, "He made it a command to be proud of." It's what Clint Eastwood was aiming for in his account of the doomed Japanese soldiers in Letters from Iwo Jima--except that Eastwood, the earnest Westerner, couldn't get much past the earnest Eastern clichés: the suicidal fanatics, the humanistic general, the humble baker turned soldier who serves as a life-affirming symbol of hope...
...brave boys out to fight the spread of Terror with training in criminology, martial arts and forensics. We must strike Terror into the hearts of our enemies by adopting the disguise of a weird half-human, half-bat creature of the night. Batman intends to equip every bold American soldier with Batgear and a Batmobile, so that we can effectively win the war in Iraq. It’s only what our troops deserve in their battle to rid the world of evil...