claiming<\/a> that it seeks to \u201cpromote regional security, stability, and prosperity,\u201d the US Africa Command is often focused on such destabilizing missions.<\/p>\nWith far fewer troops on the ground in combat and more reliance on air power, the war on terror has evolved and diversified while rarely sparking discord in American media echo chambers or on Capitol Hill. What remains is the standard Manichean autopilot of American thought, operating in sync with the structural affinity for war that\u2019s built into the military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n
A pattern of regret \u2014 distinct from remorse \u2014 for the venture militarism that failed to triumph in Afghanistan and Iraq does exist, but there is little evidence that the underlying repetition-compulsion disorder has been exorcised from the country\u2019s foreign-policy leadership or mass media, let alone its political economy. On the contrary, twenty-two years after 9\/11, the forces that have dragged the United States into war in so many countries still retain enormous sway over foreign and military affairs. The warfare state continues to rule.<\/p>\n
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