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Danny Sjursen

Watching My Students Turn Into Soldiers of Empire

Published November 10, 2019by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

By Danny Sjursen Patches, pins, medals, and badges are the visible signs of an exclusive military culture, a silent language by which soldiers and officers judge each other’s experiences, accomplishments, and general worth. In July 2001, when I first walked through… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Analysis, Counterterrorism, Iraq Afghanistan, Danny Sjursen, iraq, terrorism

Living at War (Forever)

Published September 29, 2019by Guest Contributor 5 Comments

by Danny Sjursen Recently, on a beautiful Kansas Saturday, I fell asleep early, exhausted by the excitement and ultimate disappointment of the Army football team’s double overtime loss to highly favored Michigan. Having turned against America’s forever wars and the… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Iraq, military Afghanistan War, Danny Sjursen, Iraq War, soldiers, TomDispatch, United States, veterans

How America’s Wars End (Messily)

Published August 4, 2019by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

by Danny Sjursen Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don’t know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but it’s certainly been on the mind of this retired U.S. Army major who fought in that… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Danny Sjursen, Donald Trump, TomDispatch, Trump administration

The Forever Wars Go On Without Me

Published April 3, 2019by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

by Danny Sjursen I’m one of the lucky ones. Leaving the madness of Army life with a modest pension and all of my limbs intact feels like a genuine escape. Both the Army and I knew it was time for… Continue Reading →

military Afghanistan, Danny Sjursen, GWOT, iraq, military, Pentagon, terrorism

The World According to the “Adults in the Room”

Published December 30, 2018by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

by Danny Sjursen Leave it to liberals to pin their hopes on the oddest things. In particular, they seemed to find post-Trump solace in the strange combination of the two-year-old Mueller investigation and the good judgment of certain Trump appointees,… Continue Reading →

Analysis, US Foreign Policy Danny Sjursen, Donald Trump, TomDispatch, Trump administration, U.S. Foreign Policy

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