Middle East
The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them
The deaths of two American soldiers in Syria remind us that the National Guard wasn't designed to backstop policies that enable forever war
December 17, 2025
John Byrnes
Middle East
The ghosts of the Iraq War still haunt me, and our foreign policy
As a young National Guardsman I reported for duty on March 21, 2003. Why are there still troops there today?
March 20, 2025
Middle East
Veterans: Why we want Trump to keep Iraq withdrawal deal
US troops who deployed to the region tell their stories and why we need to close this chapter
November 13, 2024
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