Importing Empire: Why America’s Legacy of Dehumanization in Foreign Wars Is Now a Reality at Home By Melek Zahine Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/importing-empire-why-americas-legacy-of-dehumanization-in-foreign-wars-is-now-a-reality-at-home/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ICJ_Begins_Proceedings_for_Rohingya_Genocide_Allegations_Case_Against_Myanmar_Is_the_US_Moving_Towar BORDEAUX, France, Jan 12 2026 (IPS) - Before military aid is appropriated, troops deployed, or bombs dropped, the United States lays the groundwork for its political violence by first stripping adversaries of their humanity. Diplomacy is sidelined, legal restraints are treated as inconveniences, and profit is valued over human life. This machinery of dehumanization, imposed around the world for decades and honed in Gaza the past three years, has now returned home, turned inward against Americans by the elected officials and systems meant to protect them. Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --