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FILE -- In this June 18, 2015 file photo U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters support soldiers during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. Polish leaders say the country is buying Polish-made Black Hawk helicopters as it modernizes the army. The announcement comes days after Poland scrapped plans to buy 50 French-made military helicopters from Airbus Helicopters for 3.14 billion euros (US dollar 3.5 billion). (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, file) (AP)

What will Donald Trump do about Hillary Clinton’s wars?

Nick Turse
If there was a politician with the ability to simply declare victory and go home regardless of facts, it's Trump
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP)

Has the American “experiment” run its course? The empire of chaos has overtaken America

Tom Engelhardt
This election reveals that the United States is not impervious to existential threats
(Reuters/Brian Snyder/AP/Ariel Schalit)

Donald Trump will now control drone assassinations and mass surveillance, which Democrats let Obama expand

Ben Norton
Left-wing critics warned about Obama's dangerous precedent, yet Democrats attacked them. Now look what happened
An Afghan man inspects a house destroyed during Thursday’s clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2016 (Reuters/Nasir Wakif)

The 15-year U.S. war in Afghanistan barely gets mentioned, even when NATO airstrikes massacre 30 civilians

Ben Norton
The U.S. war continues to take a heavy toll on Afghan civilians, yet Clinton and Trump never even discussed it
Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government take cover during a battle with Islamic State militants in Ghiza Bahriya district in Sirte, Libya, on October 31, 2016 (Reuters/Hani Amara)

Without telling the public, the U.S. started and ended a new bombing campaign in Libya

Ben Norton
U.S. conducted 367 airstrikes in Libya over three months, then quietly stopped, holding no briefings or hearings
Donald Trump (AP/Rick Wilking/John Minchillo/Photo montage by Salon)

Breitbart and Donald Trump’s alt-right troll brigade attacked Chobani yogurt because its founder likes immigrants

Sophia Tesfaye
Death threats have been coming in from alt-righters believing Chobani yogurt wants to “drown the U.S. in Muslims"
Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Is Hillary Clinton an emailing criminal? A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in the presidential election (part II)

R. Jeffrey Smith
Will we be less safe during the next administration?
(Reuters)

Why the Pentagon budget just won’t go down

William D. Hartung
This year’s Pentagon budget is roughly $600 billion: why does the DOD have such a stranglehold on tax dollars?

WATCH: Black Donald Trump supporter, mistaken for protestor, gets escorted out of rally and called a “thug” by Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
“Were you paid $1,500 to be a thug?” Trump sneered at C.J. Cary. “You can get him out. Get him out!”
Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria (AP)

Why the U.S. and western countries could be bluffing about military intervention in Syria

Vijay Prashad
Paying the price for a high-octane media push for war
(AP)

California National Guard still demands troops who enlisted to pay their bonuses back

Matthew Rozsa
The California National Guard will be working with Congress to give "relief to soldiers"
Tom Hayden (AP/Lennox McLendon)

Tom Hayden, famed 1960s anti-war activist, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Hayden's name is forever linked with the Vietnam protests
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, South Sudanese government soldiers stand in trenches in Malakal, South Sudan. Following clashes last week in the outskirts of the city, which has been reduced to rubble and almost entirely deserted by civilians, the army flew in journalists on Sunday to show that they retain control of the strategic city, even though rebels still vow to take it. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch) (AP)

“Littered with bones”: Village in South Sudan is now a graveyard

Nick Turse
The remains of victims haunt Leer, South Sudan, as the town has been repeatedly attacked over the years
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, the body of a rebel soldier who died in a battle days before is seen with his hands tied, in Malakal, South Sudan. Following clashes last week in the outskirts of the city, which has been reduced to rubble and almost entirely deserted by civilians, the army flew in journalists on Sunday to show that they retain control of the strategic city, even though rebels still vow to take it. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch) (AP)

Apocalypse then, now, always: the truth about violence in Leer, South Sudan

Nick Turse
A 2005 U.S.-supported peace deal was supposed to put a stop to north-south slaughter, but it never quite did
U.S. service members pay their respects during a memorial ceremony for six Airmen killed in a suicide attack, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan (AP/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Without debate, we need to talk about Afghanistan: Remember the longest-running war in our nation’s history?

Bob Hennelly
Have we really forgotten this conflict? It seems so, as the U.S. is quietly returning to its interventionist ways
(AP/Evan Vucci)

The wasteful truth about military spending if Trump were to become president

David Morris
To offset a significant increase in military spending Medicaid would be cut by $900 billion
Pat Toomey; Katie McGinty (AP/Jared Wickerham/Matt Rourke)

Seven races that could flip the Senate: Trump’s impending defeat may lead to a down-ballot massacre

Amanda Marcotte
These critical contests will decide the Senate: Who are the candidates — and how do they feel about Donald Trump?
(AP)

Unipolar no more: With Russia and China’s growing aggression, the world is becoming increasingly multipolar

Dilip Hiro
And Moscow is calling the shots in Syria, not that Gary Johnson even knows where that is
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Kenansville, N.C. With a tightly controlled state media, little access to outside news and a deep belief that whoever runs the White House is bound to be their sworn enemy, North Koreans aren’t expecting much from the U.S. elections - if they know about them at all. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

Donald Trump the arsonist: The GOP nominee is inching America toward the apocalypse

John Feffer
Trump is touting an apocalyptic worldview that mirrors Evangelical dogma
Drive-By Truckers; Green Day (Big Hassle/Danny Clinch/AP/Jeff Christensen)

The new “American Idiot”: Why Drive-By Truckers’ “American Band” is essential listening in the Trump era

Nico Lang
Like Green Day giving the finger to Bush's "redneck agenda," DBT's album puts today's political upheaval in context
Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria (AP)

“Because ISIS”: Whoever wins the presidential election, the Middle East loses

Sophia A. McClennen
For all the bluster about ISIS, both Clinton's and Trump's plans would make the situation in the Middle East worse
FILE - In this May 12, 2016, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following his meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. It’s long been clear that Ryan is, shall we say, not wholly comfortable with Trump’s presidential candidacy. The announcement of Ryan and Trump’s first joint appearance of the campaign on Oct. 8 in Wisconsin _ just four weeks before the election _ was simply the latest reminder. The third paragraph of Ryan’s release about the event says that Trump “will also join Wisconsin Republicans” at the annual party festival in Elkhorn, a small city in Ryan’s congressional district. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

Paul Ryan, Donald Trump will stump together in Wisconsin

Andrew Taylor
Their joint campaign appearance on Saturday is the latest in a long, rocky history between the two
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 file photo, an Afghan Security policeman inspects the site of a suicide truck bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Radical resurgence: In Afghanistan, the Taliban is becoming more powerful

Vijay Prashad
How the U.S. failed in making long-lasting change
(Reuters)

Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe

Salon Staff
Fascinating world views from goats in Kathmandu to burning oil fields in Qayyarah, Iraq
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