A Citizen's Guide to America's Forever Wars and the Secrecy that Sustains Them

After 17 years, three presidents, $5.6 trillion, and hundreds of thousands of human lives lost,1 it’s time Americans started asking more questions about where, why, and for how long the country will remain at war. After all, the average taxpayer has spent more than $23,000 on the wars, without even a comprehensive understanding of all the places where our troops are deployed, much less a clearly articulated vision for what victory might look like, or when the wars might end.2

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