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Detonation of Nuclear Device (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A new generation of nukes? No thanks

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Training for American soldiers simulating desert conditions 05/14/2020. (Keith Bernstein/Getty Images)

How endless war has reshaped America

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Toddler and American soldier eating lunch together (Getty Images/MivPiv)

In our bloated military, some go hungry

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
(Getty/Ted Aljibe)

"Gun control" at the Pentagon? Forget it

Norman Solomon
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Toy soldier fighting on money (Getty Images)

Permanent war will destroy America

Chris Hedges
Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. (In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

Ukraine fuels massive arms gold rush

William D. Hartung, Julia Gledhill - TomDispatch.com
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The 75th-anniversary marks the end of the Great Patriotic War when the Nazi's capitulated to the then Soviet Union. (Ramil Sitdikov - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)

A new Cold War? The world must say no

Nicolas J.S. Davies
Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why America's elites love war

Dave Lindorff
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T-72B3 tanks of the tank force of the Russian Western Military District conduct field firing at Kadamovsky Range | Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Democrats won't oppose war

Chris Hedges
Joe Biden | Members of the US Army 1st Division 9th Regiment 1st Battalion unload heavy combat equipment including Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles at the railway station near the Pabrade military base in Lithuania, on October 21, 2019. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Where we are now: America in 2022

Norman Solomon
Members of the US Army 1st Division 9th Regiment 1st Battalion unload heavy combat equipment including Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles at the railway station near the Pabrade military base in Lithuania, on October 21, 2019. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Stop calling it a "defense" budget

Norman Solomon
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is parked on the tarmac at the Payerne Air Base as a Boeing McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet takes off in the background, during flight and ground tests, as Switzerland is looking for a new fighter jet to replace its aging fleet, on June 7, 2019 in Payerne. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress won't question war machine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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Military funding concept (Getty Images/Salon)

America's "warfare state" rolls onward

David Masciotra
Dick Cheney, Qassem Soleimani, and Bernie Sanders (AP Photo/Salon)

America's war machine and the Democrats

David Masciotra
An F/A 18E Super Hornet from the United States Navy fighter squadron VFA-115 (Getty/Ian Hitchcock)

Our poor military-industrial complex

Alan MacLeod
Donald Trump addresses troops at Miramar Marine Corp Air Station. (Getty/Sandy Huffaker)

Internet reacts to the "Space Force"

Nicole Karlis
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Preparations for nuclear war

Sarah Okeson
(Reuters/Tim Wimborne)

More blank checks for the war machine

Charlie May
FILE - This Sept. 2, 2015 file photo shows an F-16, below, escorting two F-35 jets, above, after arriving the latter arrived at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The U.S. and its Asia-Pacific allies are rolling out their new stealth fighter jet, a cutting-edge plane that costs about $100 million each. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

War's hidden costs

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
(Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin/Getty/KirillKudryavtsev)

Russia's big defense cuts

Danielle Ryan
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Trump's dangerous buildup

Gary Legum
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Trump's ignorant war lust

Bob Cesca
(Reuters)

pentagon's massive waste

Matthew Rozsa
(Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul's spectacular crash

Simon Maloy
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