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Most Empires In History Fell By Age 250

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By Rory Fanning
| Popular Resistance
Above photo: This photograph shows a view of the US Navy guided-missile destroyer Farragut and the Statue of Liberty ahead of the Sail4th 250 parade of ships in New York Harbor for the United States 250th anniversary on Independence Day in New York, on July 4, 2026. Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images. The US Is at a Weighty Crossroads. It’s far past time to bring an end to US militarism. As a veteran of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, I visit high schools on a regular basis to talk about the military.
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Most Empires in History Fell by Age 250. The US Is at a Weighty Crossroads.

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By Rory Fanning
| Truthout Verified
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. As a veteran of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, I visit high schools on a regular basis to talk about the military. I try to fill in the blanks that military recruiters intentionally ignore. I find that when asked, most students can say very little about the reasons why the U.S. fights.
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A Minute of Silence Isn’t Enough to Reflect on the US’s Death and Destruction

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By Rory Fanning, Anton Woronczuk Verified
| Truthout Verified
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Thirty years ago, school kids touring Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. were asked what Memorial Day meant to them. “That’s the day the pools open!” they responded, as if in a chorus. Their response rippled across the U.S. and created a bit of a moral panic among the patriotic and civil-minded. The following Memorial Day, Congress sought to put the “memorial” back into the holiday.
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