Ep 149 US vs Iran Conflicts feat Danny Sjursen
Around The Empire
English - February 14, 2020 19:22 - 45 minutes - 32.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsNews coldwar american deepstate empire foreignpolicy nationalsecuritystate peace unitedstates war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Guest: Maj. Danny Sjursen, US Army (ret.) We talk about two articles that Danny wrote about the conflicts between the United States and Iran over the last seven decades and what he calls a “timeline of provocations and retaliations” and we also talk about Iran’s history of relative restraint.
Major Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War titled: “Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge”. His articles are published by numerous media outlets: antiwar.com, The American Conservative, Truthdig, TomDispatch and others. He is the co-host of the Fortress on a Hill podcast.
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Reference Links:
Who Started It?: A (Reverse) Timeline of US/Iran Retaliations, Danny Sjursen The Islamic Republic of Restraint, Danny Sjursen