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![An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for takeoff from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 8, 2010. Including future costs to care for this country's war vets, a staggering $5.6 trillion has gone to the US "war on terror."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/4706951418_c6d66398bd_o-400x300.jpg)
The United States Is a Force for Chaos Across the Planet
The US's endless war has resulted in endless failures.
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Reactionary Nostalgia for Yesterday’s Empire
Mainstream commentators are praising imperial misadventures they used to condemn.
![Members of the U.S. Army Drill Team perform in Times Square in New York City in honor of the Army's 240th birthday on June 12, 2015 in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2018_0511war-400x300.jpg)
Rejecting the Mindset of the Forever War
This multi-theater murder machine must be stopped.
![Donald Trump announces the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal during a "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" event in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-956350942-400x300.jpg)
Trump Isn’t the First US President to Betray Iran
There are many examples of the United States betraying implicit or explicit agreements with Iran, sending the already tortured relationship into even deeper enmity and mistrust.
![A woman passes a mural painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-956438600-400x300.jpg)
Iran Again in the Crosshairs as War Hawks Rejoice
If John Bolton and the NRA's new president say it's good, run the other way.
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Refugee Writers Ariel Dorfman and Viet Thanh Nguyen on Migration, US Wars and Resistance
Ariel Dorfman and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss more.
![Worldwide Mourning as 10 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan’s Deadliest Day for Reporters Since 2001](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/S1_Afghan-Journalists-Killed-400x300.jpg)
World Mourns the 10 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan’s Deadliest Day for Reporters Since 2001
In Afghanistan, the funerals have begun for the 10 journalists killed on Monday.
![US Marines fire a non-explosive illumination round using an 81mm mortar to deter enemy activity near Gereshk, Afghanistan, September 23, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/37215623140_3edd760d76_o-400x300.jpg)
The US Needs to Rethink War and Look Honestly at Ourselves and Our Allies
Failing to learn those lessons will only drive that price tragically higher.
![Hundreds of antiwar and social justice activists took to the streets in New York City to oppose endless wars and demonstrate against the US bombing of Syria on Apri 15, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/04/2018_0420cohn-400x300.jpg)
Will Congress Write the President a Blank Check for War?
Under the guise of fulfilling its constitutional power to authorize military force, Congress is poised to consider legislation that would give the president a blank check to make war, …
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Unlimited Worldwide War: ACLU Warns Senate Against Giving Trump Blank Check to Declare War
Trump did not seek congressional input or authorization for the Syria airstrikes.