Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role in Status Quo
The military says they can't find evidence to support it, yet the New York Times and others have not repudiated the reports or issued corrections.
Trump’s Syria Mission Is His Most Absurd Military Decision Yet
While in scale and scope the mission is comparably modest, it's perhaps most illustrative of how a generation of off-the-rails hyper-interventionism “ends.”
A Veteran’s View of Trump, Endless Wars, and the 2020 Election
Danny Sjursen talks about the most recent rift between Trump and the military and what veterans really think about the president and his policies.
The Tragedy of Col. (ret.) Joel Rayburn: A Former Student’s Lament
Joel Rayburn was a favorite professor at West Point. Sadly, he later rejected intellectual consistency and championed rather than challenged America’s hopeless and ethically indefensible wars.
On Contact: The Price of Speaking Out Against Forever War
Chris Hedges discusses "Ghost RIders of the Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge," with author Danny Sjursen, combat veteran and West Point graduate.
Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child of the Mideast
This Mideast mirror was ready to burst well before the recent Beirut blast. And here’s a hint for Washington: it’s not about us!
The Russians Are(n’t) Coming!
One’s opinion on the multiplicity of Russia-inflected-'gates' is now a lucidity litmus test. Spoiler alert: D.C. is apparently an open-air psych ward.
I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!
Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally heinous – and par for the congressional course.
Welcome to Sectarian America: A People, Divided and Armed
Our nation faces a perfect storm of crises and may be teetering on the brink of widespread communal violence.
Modi’s ‘New’ India: Notch or Knot on China’s Belt (and Road Initiative)
File it in the rapidly-brimming "biggest-stories-of-2020-you-haven’t-heard-about" folder.
All Civilian Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others
Planet Earth circa 2020: this is Orwell’s world; we’re just living in it.
International Racketeering: ‘Godfather’ Donald’s Mafia War on the ICC
Faced with an investigation of possible U.S. war crimes, the administration’s 'enforcers' retaliated with textbook mob tactics.
On Contact: Hedges and Maj. Danny Discuss New Investigation of Patriotism
Sjursen's latest book asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism.
Fourth of July Musings: The Curse of Exceptionalism and the Perils of Patriotism
Our messianic belief that we are the chosen nation has been disastrous for so many here and abroad.
Livin’ on Tulsa Time: Infiltrating ‘Trump Country’ to Fly a Different Flag
These antiwar veterans agree this was the mission they most believed in.