395926 01: (FILE PHOTO) An Air Force Special Forces AC-130 gunship in an undated photo, which was used by the U.S. military to attack targets around the Taliban of Kandahar a senior defense official said October 15, 2001. The four-engine turbo-prop aircraft was used for the first time October 15 in the nine-day air campaign against Taliban military and guerrilla training camps in Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Air Force/Getty Images)

The U.S. Military Is a Machine of Impunity

Wartime savagery requires that its perpetrators are told that their actions are acceptable — maybe heroic — and must not cease.

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