Activity for brass in a war
Hi,
I would like to ask question again. Below is a paragraph from NY Times. The sentence in bold is hard to understand.
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Second Platoon did not hide its dark mood as its soldiers waded across the Korengal River in the bright light of afternoon. It was early in April 2009 and early in the Pentagon’s resumption in earnest of the Afghan war. The platoon’s mission was to ascend a mountain slope and try to ambush the Taliban at night. They were about 30 men in all, riflemen and machine-gunners reinforced with scouts, a mix of original platoon members and replacements who filled gaps left by the wounded and the dead. Many of them considered their plan foolish, a draining and dangerous waste of time, another example of a frustrated Army unit’s trying to show activity for the brass in a war low on focus and hope. They muttered foul words as they moved.
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1) I don't get what brass means here.
2) I am not sure how 'low on focus and hope' is grammatically related to the sentence. Is this a kind of participial construction , or...
Thank you for your help in advance again!!
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fort lee 1) I don't get what brass means here. men with higher ranks in the military; the men who are managing and planning a war rather than those men who are actually fighting it. Compare these two groups of images — 'military brass' and 'soldier'.
- fort lee 1) I don't get what brass means here.
- men with higher ranks in the military; the men who are managing and planning a war rather than those men who are actually fighting it.
- Compare these two groups of images — 'military brass' and 'soldier'.
- NGhR9enllwY fort lee 2) I am not sure how 'low on focus and hope' is grammatically related to the sentence.
- Is this a kind of participial construction , or...
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fort lee1) I don't get what brass means here.
men with higher ranks in the military; the men who are managing and planning a war rather than those men who are actually fighting it.
Compare these two groups of images — 'military brass' and 'soldier'.
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