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“What mad story can we possibly tell ourselves to justify the continued building of more ecocidal and genocidal weapons?” 

Retired lieutenant colonel William Astore warns in Popular Resistance that the stories Americans tell themselves about war – ones where violence is always the answer and America is always a good actor – are dangerous. 

Read the full article here. 

Unless we smarten up and grow as a species, our collective war stories will likely be the death of us.

William Astore

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