Not all our foreign adventures have been crudely about material gain. But this one sure is.
Vietnam
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Shooting the Wounded
Is the order to kill survivors the exception to U.S. conduct, or the norm?
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‘War Department’ Mission: Saving Secretary Hegseth
‘The buck stops there, not here’ tradition of exonerating higher-ups at the expense of those further down the chain of command is well established when it comes to war crimes.
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Memorial Day Eclipsed by the Impending Trump Parade
Tanks! Trump! Helicopters! Trump! Bombast! Trump!
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Has the VA Stymied a Profession It Helped Create?
Physician assistants could help with the Veterans Administration’s staffing challenges. But though the VA pays for training scholarships, PAs have found it hard to get work there.
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Crypto-Backed California Republican Attacks Opponent for Owning Crypto
It’s part of a Vietnamese-language red-baiting campaign by Rep. Michelle Steel, who faces a stiff challenge in California’s 45th Congressional District against veteran and pharmacy owner Derek Tran.
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Chicago 2024 Isn’t Chicago 1968
I was there in ’68. I’m there again this week. And there are some crucial differences.
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Biden’s Gaza Quagmire: Worse Than Vietnam
Today on TAP: There’s still time for the U.S. to reverse course on Israel policy—but barely. Will Biden do it?
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Biden’s Gaza Policy Could Create a Replay of Chicago ’68
Unconditional aid to Israel could prompt a clash of demonstrators and cops at this summer’s convention, boosting Trump’s prospects.
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The Swamp; or, Inside the Mind of Donald Trump
His orations about migrants are a pastiche of others’ golden oldies. Exhibit A: the lie that migrants are sent from prisons and mental institutions.