The US withdrawal of Afghanistan marks the end of a 20 year military saga that was born alongside the War on Terror. Are we leaving the War on Terror along with Afghanistan, or are things merely shifting in a new direction? What will become of the military industrial complex, and how will our massive defense budget be spent in the years to come?

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