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Veterans Demand Congress End the Forever Wars
Progressive veterans say peace is a litmus test for Democrats.
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Missing Pieces: The Human Impact of Drone Strikes
Media reports on the statistics of drone attacks seldom detail the physical and mental damage to civilians.
![Code Pink protesters interrupt the testimony of Elliott Abrams, off camera, U.S. special representative for Venezuela, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Rayburn Building titled "Venezuela at a Crossroads," on February 13, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/02/GettyImages-1124666021-400x300.jpg)
Aggressive US Foreign Policy Is Back — in Venezuela
Trump's Venezuela policy has a similar strategic purpose to the 1980s wars in Grenada, Panama and Nicaragua.
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Bring the Troops Home — But Stop the Bombing, Too
In this “war on terror,” the US and its allies have dropped 291,880 bombs and missiles on other countries.
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A Year of Forever War in Review
The United States remains entrenched in a set of military interventions across significant parts of the world.
![The US has been waging endless war for a generation, wasting trillions of dollars and costing countless lives.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1220-w-400x300.jpg)
The US Announces Plans to Withdraw Ground Troops From Syria
Antiwar groups applaud the news, but are calling for the US to also take action on Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen.
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I Will Not Speak Kindly of the Dead. Bush Was Detestable.
Here are eight of the many reasons why, beneath the civility, George H.W. Bush was a detestable president.
![Afghan security forces and investigators gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack outside a British security firm's compound in Kabul, a day after the blast on November 29, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-1066316886-400x300.jpg)
After 17 Years of War, Afghanistan Is All But Forgotten
The Forever Wars must be ended.
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George W. Bush Accepts Prestigious Liberty Award With Bloody Hands
Let’s maybe try a little harder with the awards next time.
![A father helps his daughter hold flowers before putting them onto headstones of family members after the Fort Logan VA National Cemetery Veterans Day Ceremony at Fort Logan National Cemetery on November 11, 2018, in Denver, Colorado.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1112-armistice-400x300.jpg)
One-Hundred Years Later, It’s Time to Disarm Armistice Day
Veterans Day has become a celebration of war-machine porn, unlike its somber beginnings in the Armistice Day.