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![U.S. troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. The U.S. plans to deploy 3,000 troops to fortify NATO forces in Eastern Europe amid fears Russia could invade Ukraine, the Pentagon said Wednesday.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0204-military-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: US Approach to Ukraine Has “Left the Domain of Rational Discourse”
Noam Chomsky outlines the deadly dangers of U.S. intransigence over Ukrainian membership in NATO.
![Ground personnel unload weapons, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, and other military hardware delivered on a National Airlines plane by the United States military at Boryspil International Airport near Kyiv on January 25, 2022, in Boryspil, Ukraine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0203-ukraine-aid-400x300.jpg)
US Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution
U.S. actions are raising tensions with Russia rather than resolving them.
![Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks from a lectern at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington D.C., on February 6, 1968.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0117-mlk-jr--400x300.jpg)
The Time Is Now for the “Radical Revolution of Values” That MLK Called For
Only mass action -- combined with the slow work of grassroots power-building -- can break through our current crises.
![Relatives and neighbors of the Ahmadi family gather around the incinerated husk of a vehicle targeted and hit by an American drone strike that killed 10 civilians including 7 children, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0111-air-strike-400x300.jpg)
The US Drops an Average of 46 Bombs a Day While Grandstanding for Peace
The endless bombardment has been deadly and devastating for its victims while undermining peace.
![Soldier in military fatigues touches head as mental health professional reaches out](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021_1111-military-mental-health-400x300.jpg)
Why Did the DoD Abandon a Report Tracking 139 Military Mental Health Programs?
The Defense Health Agency inexplicably stopped an unprecedented project to improve 139 military mental health programs.
![Then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media after a meeting at Trump Tower on December 7, 2016, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/10/2021_1020-rahm-emmanuel-400x300.jpg)
Rahm Emanuel Helped Cover Up Murder 7 Years Ago. Now He Wants to Be Ambassador.
Emanuel may be able to disassociate from the communities he helped gut, but Chicagoans still suffer from his politics.
![A young Iraqi boy stands in front of burning vehicles in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 13, 2003.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1321963840-400x300.jpg)
US Spent $21 Trillion on War and Militarization Since 9/11
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent, we could build a renewable energy grid or vaccinate low-income countries.
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End of the Longest War in US History Should Wake Us Up to Failure of Militarism
CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin warns against pursuing rivalry with China following the end of the Afghanistan War.
![Mud-smeared female soldiers stand in a clump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/2021_0823-military-women-400x300.jpg)
Expanding the Military Draft Is Not Feminism. Abolishing Draft Registration Is.
Women’s rights will never be achieved through having more women involved in military occupation and bombing.
![Joseph Robinette Biden squints into the sun, having forgotten his signature aviator sunglasses](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0721-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Promised Diplomacy, But He’s Overseeing Military Buildup Against China
We are witnessing an enormous U.S. military buildup through massive military exercises in the Pacific.