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Military Industrial Complex

US leaves Iraq: 'Shock and awe' curdles into 'Aw, shucks'

The U.S. ends its military campaign in Baghdad after 23 years of fighting. The campaign cost 4,418 US troops their lives and will end up costing nearly $3 trillion through 2050.

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey
Military Industrial Complex

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?
QiOSK

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

WATCH: Author Daniel Bessner describes how US empire isn't just a pathology of Washington leadership, it's deeply engrained in our culture, too

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Europe

They aren't in uniform, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

Microsoft joins a host of other ideologically-driven tech defenders of Kviv. Some, like Palantir, are doing so while expanding profit margins.

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years
Middle East

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

Had anyone told me while I was dodging IEDs in 2007 that I'd be writing about the final withdrawal at age 48, I would have rightly questioned the entire project

Flock cameras
Military Industrial Complex

The Pentagon gets flocked in a no-bid contract. What could go wrong?

The parking lot of the US military headquarters has been outfitted with the controversial cameras. There is a risk of it backfiring that is not inconsequential.