Tagged with "war"
John Kasich Can’t Explain How He Would Block North Korean Ships
‘There Are No Exceptions’: Military Will Open All Combat Roles To Women
The United States’ military will open all combat roles to women, Pentagon Chief Ash Carterannounced in a press conference on Thursday.
“Our force of the future must continue to benefit from the best America has to offer,” Carter told reporters during a Pentagon briefing. “This includes women.”
Jennifer Lawrence Captivates In Final ‘Hunger Games’ Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 opens with this: Our heroine having a neck brace removed to reveal bruises that wrap around her throat, where her recently-rescued POW boyfriend throttled her at the end of the last film.
Mayor Rejects Syrian Refugees, Says America Should Follow Model Of Japanese Internment
One Virginia mayor is justifying temporarily halting his city from taking in Syrian refugees because President Franklin D. Roosevelt once “felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.”
Citing recent attacks in Paris, the bombing of a Russian airliner, and threats to the nation’s capital, Roanoke Mayor David Bowers (D) requested for local and non-governmental agencies to “suspend and delay” assistance, noting that he was “convinced that it is presently imprudent to assist in the relocation of Syrian refugees to our part of Virginia.”
‘Peace For Paris’: Why We Seek A Symbol In The Wake Of Tragedy
It looks like something he made in a rush. Like something he scribbled on a cocktail napkin. Something he could have drawn in four strokes. Circle, upside-down V, cross. Black ink on a white background. The image — the marriage of the peace sign and the Eiffel tower — is the product of French graphic designer Jean Jullien. He posted his work, titled “Peace for Paris,” on Twitter and Instagram near midnight on November 13, just hours after the massive terrorist attacks on six separate locations in the city left hundreds wounded and over 120 dead.
Jullien created the image only a minute after learning about the attacks. “It was done on my lap, on a very loose sketchbook, with a brush and ink,” he told Wired. He didn’t think it out beforehand or go to the page with a plan. “It was more an instinctive, human reaction than an illustrator’s reaction.”
10 Falsehoods That Netanyahu Told During His Appearance At CAP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden on Tuesday as part of his latest visit to the United States, during which he’s attempting toappeal to both conservatives and progressives. In a wide-ranging forum, the hawkish prime minister invoked several of his favorite claims about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Netanyahu is known to have distorted facts in the past, from rewriting the history of the Holocaust to grossly overstating Iran’s nuclear capacity.
ThinkProgress, an editorially independent news site affiliated with the Center for American Progress, fact-checked his discussion with Tanden and found a number of false claims.
Syrian Peace Talks Don’t Include Anyone From Syria. Here’s Why.
Talks aimed at finding a solution to the four-year-old Syrian Civil War are underway in Vienna today, with at least one notable absence. There are no representatives from Syria involved in the talks, either from the regime or the opposition.
The peace talks have largely been driven by Russian President Vladimir Putin with recent visits to various nations influencing the Syrian war. A month ago, Putin’s forces intervened in Syria with the verbal intention of targeting ISIS. But ISIS wasn’t hit. Instead, a number of rebel groups who oppose ISIS and the Assad regime bore the brunt of the airstrikes.
5 Times That The U.S. And Its Allies Struck Hospitals
President Barack Obama apologized to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday for an airstrike on a hospital the organization ran in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Twenty-two patients and hospital staff members were killed when American bombs hit the hospital late Saturday night.
Could The Bombing Of A Charity Hospital In Afghanistan Be Considered A War Crime?
The U.S. Defense Secretary described the bombing of a the Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan as “confused and complicated” but the heads of several prominent international development organizations are demanding accountability. Twenty-two people were killed when U.S. planes bombed the hospital late Saturday night.