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** 9/11 militarized law enforcement and made every American a suspect ([link removed])
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By Christopher J. Coyne on Sep 06, 2021 03:31 am
While a country grieved, a surveillance state bloomed and began eating away at our basic Constitutional liberties.
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** Do the right thing: talk with the Taliban and lift sanctions on aid ([link removed])
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By Adam Weinstein on Sep 04, 2021 11:07 am
Humanitarian assistance cannot depend on whether the insurgent group forms a government or what it looks like.
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** 9/11 wasn’t the Pearl Harbor of our generation ([link removed])
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By Matthew Warshauer on Sep 03, 2021 03:45 am
But it was a trap laid by Osama bin Laden that only Washington could spring. And it did.
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** What if the US didn’t go to war in Afghanistan after 9/11? ([link removed])
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By John Mueller on Sep 03, 2021 03:00 am
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
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** Top defense firms spend $1B on lobbying during Afghan war, see $2T return ([link removed])
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By Eli Clifton on Sep 02, 2021 04:21 pm
Everyone except the military industrial complex lost the 'war on terror.'
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** Lawmakers pave way for $1.2 trillion in new military spending over next 10 years ([link removed])
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By Andrew Lautz on Sep 02, 2021 08:39 am
A $23.9 billion addition to the NDAA would have a greater longterm impact than Congress wants to acknowledge.
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** New poll finds majority of Americans open to sending troops to defend Taiwan ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Sep 02, 2021 03:41 am
One can only surmise that a combination of saber rattling and fear mongering over China has truly had an effect.
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** What’s next for the heroin trade in Afghanistan? ([link removed])
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By Anatol Lieven on Sep 01, 2021 03:00 am
The Taliban may be talked out of poppy production if the price is right.
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** How will the US react to Duterte’s power grab in the Philippines? ([link removed])
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By Carolyn Nash on Sep 01, 2021 03:00 am
Congress is ahead of the Biden administration with a proposal to cut military aid.
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