On Spectacles of Cruelty

War College by Matthew Gault

Jan 9, 202652:56News & Politics

On the last Angry Planet of 2025, novelist and Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay returns to reflect on a year of spectacle and cruelty. Between the Pentagon’s boat strikes and the administration’s constant barrage of grotes...

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