Meditations On US Forces Firing A Howitzer Into The Empty Desert "Just To Say We're Here"

Caitlin Johnstone- U.S. forces firing a 155-millimetre howitzer twice a week into the surrounding desert, at no specific target, 'just to say we’re here,' one officer told me.

I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article about America’s endless wars, and it’s been been rattling around in my head ever since:

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