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Phil Klay
@PhilKlay
Author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. Teaches at Fairfield University MFA.
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    Phil Klay
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    Dec 5, 2025
    “The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American” I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
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    Phil Klay
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    Feb 25, 2022
    The sad thing is that if we hadn’t expanded NATO, Putin would have tirelessly devoted himself to world peace and the brotherhood of man.
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    Phil Klay
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    Sep 13, 2025
    “I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
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    Phil Klay
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    Apr 5, 2025
    “There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger,” the paramedic is heard saying. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die. “Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.
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    Phil Klay
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    Mar 1, 2025
    Shel Silverstein wrote pretty good war poems
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    Phil Klay
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    Nov 18, 2019
    "We’ve discovered a new way to defile the uniform. Today, we allow murderers to wear it while being lauded as heroes." Superb, brutally honest piece from @elliotackerman time.com/5731655/trumps…
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    Phil Klay
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    Sep 13, 2025
    Replying to @Jeff__Steele
    The article notes an employee at FEMA has been placed on administrative leave for posting that Kirk was a “racist homophobe misogynist.”
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    Phil Klay
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    Nov 19, 2015
    16. But it's only during frightening times when you get to find out if your country really deserves to call itself the 'home of the brave.'
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    Phil Klay
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    Sep 13, 2025
    Replying to @Jeff__Steele
    Are you saying the right is being loathsome here, insofar as they are doing cancellations with government power, or do you not care about free speech and think pointing to left wing excesses means it’s fine?
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    Phil Klay
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    Mar 27, 2022
    I just went to Mearsheimer’s website and I was not prepared for his homepage.
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    Phil Klay
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    Apr 21, 2025
    From Pope Francis’ Easter message yesterday.
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    Phil Klay
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    Nov 23, 2020
    “The machinery...had me killing them.” This, from Obama’s memoir, is pretty pathetic from a president who, for example, slashed economic assistance to Iraq and then ramped up military involvement while lying about it.
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    Phil Klay
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    Mar 10, 2024
    Anyone who wants to seriously grapple with war had better be prepared for far more shocking opinions than are found in this thoughtful essay by a translator and writer living in Israel. Shame on @GuernicaMag for pulling it down. Archived link here: web.archive.org/web/2024030509…
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    Phil Klay
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    Nov 11, 2021
    This is not true. Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, the Sahel…