The Slaughter of the Yanks in 1918

The biggest battle in US Army history was the 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive. This World War I battle is rarely mentioned in our media and school history books. Once a million American draftees were assembled for combat in France, they were ordered to charge into the...

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William J. Astore: My Dad’s Silver Dollars

My dad left me two silver dollars. They’re worth much in sentimental value (I’ll explain in a moment), but they also teach us something about how America has changed.Here’s a photo of them. Lady Liberty is on the front, an eagle is on the back.These...

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Vietnam Veteran by Camillo Mac Bica

You were conscripted against your will or convinced by lies and deceit that the threat to all you held sacred was real, and grave, and imminent.You believed that patriots must rally, sacrifice their life's plans and dreams, enlist in the military or submit to the...

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Phony Withdrawals and Illegal Wars

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.A new AP report calls attention to the illegality of the U.S. military mission in Syria:President Donald Trump has approved an expanded military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria, raising a...

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The Folly of Killing New START

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.New START is the last major arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, and the Trump administration is going to let it die:New Start expires in February 2021, just weeks after the next presidential inauguration in...

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