danny sjursen

The last copter our of Vietnam.

How the ghosts of Vietnam haunt the War on Terror

Summary: Major Sjursen goes to the heart of our Long War, showing how our military remains haunted by the ghosts of Vietnam — and how today’s failures result from the tragically wrong lessons they learned from it. “The War That Never Ends (for the U.S. Military High Command) And It’s Not the War on Terror“ …

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River of blood

Perhaps we are bad guys in the Middle East’s wars

Summary: Major Sjursen asks a question we almost never ask about our wars, lost in our self-absorption and self-righteousness, lacking empathy and awareness of how our actions appear to others. These are expensive vices. We pay for them with money and blood. The longer these mad wars continue, the odds that the final bill will …

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