Danny Sjursen

Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army officer, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP), and director of the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN). His work has appeared in the NY Times, LA Times, Common Dreams, Mother Jones, and TomDispatch. He served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, "Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge" (2015) and "Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War" (2020). Along with fellow vet Chris "Henri" Henriksen, he co-hosts the podcast "Fortress on a Hill." Follow him on Twitter @SkepticalVet and on his website.