A U.S. Soldier Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?

Peter Certo

When our soldiers kill and die in wars we don’t know about and can’t end, we’re not a democracy anymore.

Americans like to imagine ourselves as citizens of a democracy that rejects the colonial ambitions of Old World powers like France and the UK. And yet we’ve deployed troops to literally most of the planet, and our leading lawmakers — tasked by the Constitution with the exclusive right to declare war — don’t even know about it.
A U.S. Soldier Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There? A U.S. Soldier Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There? Reviewed by Unknown on October 25, 2017 Rating: 5

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