“Forever wars” obscures more than it clarifies
How imprecise language dehumanizes and perpetuates the globalization of indifference
A few years ago, a friend asked me to meet with a Congressional staffer whose boss was active in legislative and advocacy efforts on the Yemen war, one of many meetings I had on the topic during the Trump administration.
The staffer’s boss was adamant that simply cutting off or downgradi…
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