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The United States’ Elite Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015
Iraq, Afghanistan and other Special Ops “successes.”
Clash in Japan Over New US Military Base on Okinawa
Okinawans complain of the violent expansion of US military might, on lands taken from them more than six decades ago.
The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize: Keep the US Military Out
That this year's Nobel Prize will go to a Tunisian group of civil organizations that struggled to bring peace - not war - to their land has special meaning.
On Building Armies (and Watching Them Fail)
Andrew Bacevich traces the sorry history of US nation- and army-building from the battlefields of Vietnam to the festering wars of today.
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One Man’s Mission: Justice for Iraq
Bert Sacks has been seeking justice for Iraq since the 1990s. Nothing the US government has thrown at him thus far has slowed him down.
US Military Changes Its Account of Afghanistan Hospital Bombing
The US military said that Afghan forces initiated a request for an airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital.
US Special Ops Forces Have Deployed in 135 Nations
This year is proving to be record-breaking year for the military's secret military.
Obama Chooses Openly Gay Man to Lead Army
President Obama took the historic step Friday of naming an openly gay man to head the Army. If confirmed, it would be a nation first.
Garrisoning the Globe: How US Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security
Such bases helped lock us inside a permanently militarized society.
US Special Ops Missions in Africa Fail to Stem Rise of Human Rights Abuses
Since 9 11, the continent has increasingly been viewed by the Pentagon as a place of problems to be remedied by military means.