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Former Adviser Calls for Reckoning on 'Forever War'

4/23/2026

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  • Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser under Barack Obama, writes in a New York Times op-ed about the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cites Graham Platner.
  • Graham Platner, a veteran and Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, argues these wars harmed America internally.
  • Rhodes acknowledges his past support, but now recognizes wars' failures and advocates a reckoning to dismantle the 'forever war' and shift toward peace and community.