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Michael Dumler, an American photographer, went to Ukraine to document the war. But when he arrived, he put down his camera and dedicated himself to addressing a more pressing need: training ordinary Ukrainians how to fight. The scramble to stand up an army of citizen-soldiers against the Russian military has been a defining feature of the conflict in Ukraine. Western nations allied with Ukraine have been hesitant to endorse and fund foreign trainers inside the country because of concerns that it would lead to escalation. But in the Opinion Video above, Dumler argues that the most practical approach to training newly enlisted Ukrainians is inside Ukraine’s borders.

Persons: Michael Dumler, Dumler Locations: American, Ukraine, Europe

☆ Iraq Veterans, 20 Years Later: George W. Bush ‘Owes Me a Beer, at the Least’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Petra Epperlein | Michael Tucker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Months after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, I began filming the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (known as the Gunners) in Baghdad. They told the story of the war as only they could: They played guitar, spat out rhymes and played to the camera. But behind all their bravado and posturing, they were just kids who desperately wanted the world to understand the war through their eyes. In the last two months of 2003, the Gunners lost three men to I.E.D. In the short documentary above, the veterans grapple with a past that still reverberates powerfully through their lives.

Persons: Donald Rumsfeld, “, ” Organizations: Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Gunners Locations: United States, Iraq, Army’s, Baghdad

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