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How Many More Kids Will Britain Send to War?

Pádraig Ó Meiscill Red Pepper
The Northern Ireland Troubles bill shows the British government learnt nothing from the killing of Aidan McAnespie and the conflict in Ireland

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Has the Myth of the ‘Good War’ Done Us Lasting Harm?

Ben Rhodes New York Times
“Has the prevailing memory of the ‘Good War,’ shaped as it has been by nostalgia, sentimentality and jingoism, done more harm than good to Americans’ sense of themselves and their country’s place in the world?”

The Costs of Post-9/11 Wars Exceed $8 Trillion for U.S.

Alexa Gagosz Boston Globe
In just 20 years, the total cost of the US increasing homeland security and waging wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere since Sept. 11, 2001, have exceeded $8 trillion, according to new estimates by the Costs of War project at Brown University.

The Betrayal of the American Soldier

Erik Edstrom Tom Dispatch
A veteran of Afghanistan suggests to us all that, in a country and world besieged by the coronavirus, perhaps it’s truly time to come up with a new definition of patriotism.
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