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Books and IdeasOctober 23, 2019
Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion
Matt Farwell and Michael Ames’s American Cipher goes behind the Bergdahl saga to probe America’s imperial past.
Lyle Jeremy Rubin
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War and PeaceSeptember 19, 2018
The Forever War’s Cheerleaders
Democrats, liberals, and progressives have become some of the biggest hawks in Washington. That needs to change.
Lyle Jeremy Rubin
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The LeftMarch 28, 2018
The Left’s Embrace of Empire
The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.
Lyle Jeremy Rubin
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US Wars and Military ActionApril 12, 2016
As a Former Marine, America’s War-Making Haunts Me—It Should Haunt Our Politicians Too
I am a veteran of the Afghanistan war, and I refuse to stop bearing responsibility for my past.
Lyle Jeremy Rubin
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Police and Law EnforcementAugust 20, 2014
A Former Marine Explains All the Weapons of War Being Used by Police in Ferguson
There’s at least one line every Marine knows: “Never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot.” The St. Louis County Police Department apparently never received that memo.
Lyle Jeremy Rubin