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The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.The killing of Osama bin Laden, "a testament to the greatness of our country"according to President Obama, should not be allowed to obscure a...
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How the US Military and Government Are Like Siamese Twins Sharing the Same...
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.I have a fairy tale for you. Once upon a time, a representative democracy was established with a constitution that distilled the wisdom of the ages....
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Our Remote Wars Are Hitting Home
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.America's wars are remote. They're remote from us geographically, remote from us emotionally (unless you're serving in the military or have a close...
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We're Number One in Global Weapons Sales
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.Perhaps you've heard of "Makin' Thunderbirds," a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years ago while in college....
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America Needs to Stop Sucking Up to Generals
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.Few things have characterized the post-9/11 American world more than our worshipful embrace of our generals. They've become our heroes, our sports...
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Drone Warfare Isn't Cheap, and it Isn't Targeted
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.Today's unmanned aerial vehicles, most famously Predator and Reaper drones, have been celebrated as the culmination of the longtime dreams of...
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Why War Is the "New Normal" in America
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue. Congress may not be able to pass a budget, but the US...
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Ex–Air Force Lt. Colonel: You've Been Drafted and You Don’t Even Know It
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.I spent four college years in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and then served 20 years in the US Air Force. In the military, especially...
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America Is Addicted To Bombing. Does It Even Work?
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.When you do something again and again, placing great faith in it, investing enormous amounts of money in it, only to see indifferent or even...
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Why Did the Iraqi Army Collapse So Easily?
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.In June, tens of thousands of Iraqi Security Forces in Nineveh province north of Baghdad collapsed in the face of attacks from the militants of the...
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7 Reasons America Is Stuck in Never-Ending War
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.It was launched immediately after the 9/11 attacks, when I was still in the military, and almost immediately became known as the Global War on...
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