An American Tragedy: Empire at Home and Abroad

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jul 23, 2019 Aggressive policing, mass incarceration and inhumane detention facilities are products of overseas empire—imperial chickens come home to roost. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Putting the Warriors on Terror on Trial

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jul 3, 2019 Aggressive, highly trained and hypermasculine Navy SEALs should not be used as the go-to tool for waging global imperial war. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Democratic Party Can’t Escape Its Own Militarism

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jun 28, 2019 Beto O’Rourke aims to rein in the Pentagon with a nationwide “war tax.” It’s a plan that reeks of faux progressivism and policy minimalism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s America and Egypt’s Dictatorship Deserve Each Other

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jun 20, 2019 Not that Americans are paying attention, but there are important lessons to heed from the collapse of democracy in Egypt. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Generals Won’t Save Us From the Next War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jun 10, 2019 The brass are careerists, never punished for their mistakes, quietly assenting to the latest doomed interventions. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Note to Washington: Hands Off the ‘New’ Arab Spring

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 2, 2019 America’s history of bungling in the Middle East suggests it should just sit this latest development out. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Saudi Arabia Financed the Killers of American Troops I Commanded

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Oct 17, 2018 The embarrassing U.S.-Saudi relationship reflects a structural flaw embedded in the U.S. economy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Maj. Danny Sjursen: Dissent Is Patriotic (Audio and Transcript)

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2018 The Truthdig columnist and U.S. Army officer tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 makes us less safe. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Were the Colonists Patriots or Insurgents?

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Mar 17, 2018 How and why did proud, imperialist British colonists end up in open rebellion in the course of 12 years? Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Original Sin

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 3, 2018 Our society descended from colonial Virginia's sinister caste system, in which race, class, labor and slavery were inextricably linked. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Vietnam: The War That Never Ends for the U.S. Military High Command

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Jan 30, 2018 The vast majority of senior American military officers are refighting the Vietnam War through the books they read, the scholarship they publish and the policies they continue to pursue in the Greater Middle East. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Folly of the Next ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan

By Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Jul 4, 2017 With Donald Trump's generals considering renewed action, a U.S. Army strategist recalls his time in Afghanistan in 2011. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )