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The United States is now relearning an ancient lesson, dating back to the Roman Empire. Brutalizing an enemy only serves to brutalize the army ordered to do it. Torture corrodes the mind of the torturer.
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To most of America, war has become not only tolerable but profitable, and so there is no longer any great incentive to end it.
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1955
(age 69)
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James Risen is an American journalist for The New York Times who previously worked for the Los Angeles Times. He has written or co-written many articles concerning U.S.
Known for:
Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War (2014)
The Main Enemy (2003)
Wrath of angels (1998)
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