The Afghanistan Papers.

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  • Author(s): Baumann, Paul (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Commonweal. Jan2020, Vol. 147 Issue 1, p6-6. 2/3p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      MILITARY budgets; MILITARY administration; MILITARY officers; MILITARY spending; CIVILIAN war casualties
    • Abstract:
      That military operation was justified by the attacks of 9/11, but the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan was unnecessary and insupportable, especially after George W. Bush launched the calamitous invasion of Iraq. Douglas Lute, a retired three-star Army general, advised both the Bush and Obama administrations. But the history of the past four decades of U.S. military overreach warrants resurrecting some more direct democratic curb on the nation's war-making abilities. [Extracted from the article]
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