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Military honor in the age of Trump

  • Written by Andrew Bell, Assistant Professor of International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

What impact can Donald Trump have on the U.S. military? A great deal, as I learned while observing combat operations up close in Afghanistan.

In March 2009, I stood in a U.S. military command center at Bagram Airfield and watched what appeared to be the last moments of an Afghan farmer’s life.

U.S. soldiers had targeted a Taliban position for...

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