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War's unanswered questions

"Over these last few years, given the wars it has waged and the international treaties it has arbitrarily reneged on, the U.S. government perfectly fits its own definition of a rogue state." -- Arundhati Roy

You have the world's largest military; you're going to use it, right? Donald Trump and his team, led by National Insecurity Adviser John Bolton, are playing rogue right now with two countries not currently under U.S. control, Iran and Venezuela.

For those who already know that war is not only hell but utterly futile, the raw question hovering over these potential

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