Updated 12:14 am, Friday, April 6, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 Catherine Fisher of Australia speaks during a meeting with Japanese government officials in Tokyo, Friday, April 6, 2018. Fisher says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to protect victims of U.S. military personnel stationed here. less Catherine Fisher of Australia speaks during a meeting with Japanese government officials in Tokyo, Friday, April 6, 2018. Fisher says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to ... more Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP … [Read more...] about Rape victim wants Japan to do more on US military crimes
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‘Foxtrot’ is a harrowing, absurd exploration of Israeli military life
Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot” opens with a prominent credit: “A German-French-Israeli-Swiss co-production.” Though this was Israel’s Oscar entry, and a nominee for Best Foreign Language film, that international production lineage seems more significant than just the source of financing. “Foxtrot” is a film about Israel, but it is about Israel’s relationship to history as it relates to itself, and other countries, in conflict, and the intergenerational trauma of war as it radiates through families. Written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Maoz, “Foxtrot” is an exploration of Israeli military life that is at once harrowing and absurd. It even angered Israeli Minister of Culture Miri Regev after it won a grand jury prize at the Venice Film Festival last year, and while its depiction is specific to Israel and Israeli history, the ideas in play could be a general condemnation of war itself. The film opens with the Feldman parents, … [Read more...] about ‘Foxtrot’ is a harrowing, absurd exploration of Israeli military life
Free movie, talk targets military women
A conversation about women's role in military forces will is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Buffalo History Museum. Women from the Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, American Gold Star Mothers and Veterans One-stop Center of WNY will share their experiences. Discussion points will include the role of women in active duty, especially in combat. A screening of "Return" -- the 2011 film chronicling the story of a soldier's return to her family, friends and employment after serving a tour of duty – will follow the discussion. The free event is cosponsored by the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park. The history museum is at One Museum Court, at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Nottingham Terrace. … [Read more...] about Free movie, talk targets military women
Seth Meyers to Trump: Why Don’t You Have Your ‘Dumb’ Military Parade Along The Mexican Border?
On Wednesday night, Seth Meyers knocked President Trump for sending the National Guard to the US/Mexico border. He began by playing numerous clips of Trump venting about the lack of security at the southern border as well as the “catch and release” program. “That’s right, it’s called ‘catch and release,’ or as Trump used to call it, ‘marriage,'” Meyers quipped. The Late Night host then mocked Trump for wanting the military to secure the border in coordination with Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis. “Oh great, another thing for Gen. Mattis’s to-do list. He’s already planning your dumb military parade, now you want him to guard the border,” Meyers reacted. “Why don’t you combine the two and have the parade along the Mexican border? If you think about it, have you ever tried crossing the street during a parade? Immigrants would walk up to the border and be like, ‘Aw man, this is today? Ugh, … [Read more...] about Seth Meyers to Trump: Why Don’t You Have Your ‘Dumb’ Military Parade Along The Mexican Border?
Juan Williams on Trump Sending Military to Border: He’s ‘Upset’ Ann Coulter’s Attacking Him
On Fox News’ The Five today, Juan Williams said that one of the driving reasons behind President Trump‘s recent immigration moves is clearly Ann Coulter. The co-hosts were talking about President Trump‘s plan to send National Guard troops to the border. As Williams teed off on this move, Jesse Watters said, “The border patrol workers are the only government workers you don’t support!” Williams brought up the FBI and CIA agents “belittled by this President” before making this point: “What we have here is a President who is desperate. I think he’s so upset by Ann Coulter’s attacking him for his failure to build a wall or to gain funding for a wall that now he says, ‘You know what? Now I’m gonna send troops.'” Kimberly Guilfoyle said it’s so ridiculous to call Coulter “Helen of Troy” and that the President “got so upset with Ann Coulter being upset” that he is sending the … [Read more...] about Juan Williams on Trump Sending Military to Border: He’s ‘Upset’ Ann Coulter’s Attacking Him