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Kanani Fong's Blog – December 2010 Archive (3)

Troops Supporters: Neither in Lock Step Nor Scary

"I worry America's continued unhealthy worship of soldiers where support for troops no matter what becomes support for the war." -Jonathon Kim, The Young Turks, Re-think & Review



In his quasi-review (which is less about the film Restrepo than it is to espouse his own opinion of the war), Jonathon Kim expresses his concern about what he perceives as a lemming-like mindset of those who… Continue

Added by Kanani Fong on December 8, 2010 at 11:10pm — No Comments

DVD Launch Party for RESTREPO: Soldiers Field Questions With Aplomb

I attended the DVD launch in West Hollywood the other night. Tim,

Sebastian and soldiers Santana Rueda and Dan Monroe were there for a

Q&A. The soldiers did an excellent job fielding questions. The

crowd was mainly film auteurs, and there were several questions with a

potential political bias.
Q: "If you were President and Vice President tomorrow, what would you do about the war?"

A: "I'd give more resources to the soldiers…
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Added by Kanani Fong on December 8, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Sebastian's Coffee Fix

In Sebastian's book WAR, he goes into great detail about finding a cup of coffee at COP Restrepo.



"Coffee at Restrepo was a problem because no one drank it so you were more or less on your own in that regard. Certain MREs include packets of coffee, powdered milk, and sugar, but I found it hard to remember which ones they were --as opposed to, say, the breakfast tea or cider mix --and that meant pawing through the…
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Added by Kanani Fong on December 8, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

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