Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army officer, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP), contributing editor at Anti​war​.com, and director of the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN). His work has appeared in the NY Times, LA Times, The Nation, The Hill, Salon, The American Conservative, Mother Jones, and Tom Dispatch, among other publications. He served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and 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 and Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War. He co-hosts the podcast ​“Fortress on a Hill.” Follow him on Twitter @SkepticalVet and visit his website.