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...Even so, the story is a fairly good reflection of how Germans view war today. After decades of official pacifism, German soldiers are once again seeing action outside of the country, notably in Afghanistan. The government is even considering resurrecting the Iron Cross medal as a symbol of valor. At the same time, many Germans still feel a deep ambivalence about the German military. "The film," says Castan, "provides a fundamentally German perspective on World War I, with certain heroic elements. But [the Red Baron] is an ambiguous hero, who at the end sees war in a negative light...
...handful of questions from audience members. Not surprisingly, many of the questions Richardson fielded centered on the race for the Democratic nomination for president. Richardson, who recently endorsed Obama despite having worked as secretary of energy under former President Clinton, called the senator from Illinois a “symbol of America’s diversity.” When Yepsen asked what he would say if Obama asked him to be his running mate, Richardson responded, “If it doesn’t work out that’s fine, but I’m ready...
...right time: practically synchronized to get the maximum political benefit while preserving his military capabilities. Again, it is a lesson he learned from recent experience. In 2004 Sadr's militia was severely damaged in fighting with American soldiers and Marines. In the process, however, Sadr became a symbol of Shi'ite resistance to the U.S. military occupation and parlayed that reputation into a seat at the political table. And so now, just when it appeared that he might be marginalized again, the Iraqi government has burnished Sadr's image as a leader who defies the United States and an Iraqi...
...would otherwise go hungry, he says. "It's more of a vice, not for the people who live near the swamp, but the bigger people," restaurant owners in the rural south that serve it illegally and wealthy connoisseurs who have come to view eating scarlet ibis as a status symbol. (In 2001 the chairman of the country's airports authority was arrested for poaching scarlet ibis...
Sign of the Times For a photographic history of the peace symbol, go to time.com/peace