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20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the question: 'Did you kill?'

  • Written by Marian Eide, Professor of English and Women's & Gender Studies, Texas A&M University
20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the question: 'Did you kill?'Every soldier has a different story.Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images

Military service members returning from America’s “forever” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have often faced deeply personal questions about their experience.

As one veteran explained to me: “I’ve been asked, ‘Have you ever killed anyone in war? Are...

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