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Danny Sjursen

Danny Sjursen, a TomDispatch regular, is a retired U.S. Army major and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He has written a memoir of the Iraq War, "Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge." His forthcoming book, "Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War," will be published in September. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet and check out his podcast "Fortress on a Hill."

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Members of the National Guard in the plaza in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week's riots and security breach at the U.S. Capitol Building, the FBI has warned of additional threats in the nation's capital and across all 50 states. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The future of war, American-style

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US Army soldiers investigate the site of an explosion, January 18, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq (Getty/Mario Tama)

Spilling ink and spilling blood: Fighting and writing against America’s forever wars

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Joe Biden (Getty Images)

What President Biden won’t touch

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A supporter sits alone in the top sections of seating as Vice President Mike Pence speaks before President Donald J. Trump arrives for a "Make America Great Again!" rally at the BOK Center on Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Tulsa undercover: Inside Trump’s rally

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A police officer maintains a safe distance as he detains a man defying the lockdown regulations (Prabin Ranabhat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The coming of a social-distancing version of war

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General Smedley D. Butler, U.S. Marines, retired, pictured as he addressed a crowd of 6,000 participants in an anti-war demonstration on Reyburn Plaza, Philadelphia. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Why no retired generals oppose America’s forever wars

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The American chaos machine: U.S. foreign policy goes off the rails

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Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on tribal islamists

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Cadets wait for the start of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2019 graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on May 25, 2019 in West Point, New York. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Watching my students turn into soldiers of empire

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A veteran in a world of never-ending wars and improvised explosive devices

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How America’s wars end — messily

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; President Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Troika fever: Key American allies in the Middle East are the real tyrants

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A U.S. Army soldier stands by Iraqi's Oil Ministry after it was hit by missiles, November 21, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Goodbye to all that: The forever wars go on without me

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Security personnel arrived at the site of a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2018. (AP/Salon)

The world according to the “adults in the room”

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A U.S. Army soldier stands by Iraqi's Oil Ministry after it was hit by missiles, November 21, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Global war to infinity and beyond

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Buildings lie in ruins in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Oct. 6, 2018. The camp has been gutted by years of war. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. policy is responsible for insider attacks at war

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War and the imperial presidency

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President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/ (AP/Evan Vucci)

President Trump and his appointment of the dolls of militarism

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Trump’s national defense strategy

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"The Vietnam War" (PBS)

The war that never ends (for the U.S. Military High Command)

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Three administrations, one standard playbook

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The only existing model of the World Trade Center is displayed at the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in New York. The museum is a monument to how the Sept. 11 terror attacks shaped history, from its heart-wrenching artifacts to the underground space that houses them amid the remnants of the fallen twin towers' foundations. It also reflects the complexity of crafting a public understanding of the terrorist attacks and reconceiving ground zero. (AP Photo) (AP)

How the U.S. could have changed the world for the better

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An US soldier waits in front of a tank type 'M1A2 SEP' (Getty/Christof Stache)

Congress’s romance with cowardice

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The empire comes home, and every city is a battlefield

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