Benjamin Busch

Benjamin Busch served two combat tours in Iraq as a United States Marine Corps infantry officer and is the author of the memoir, Dust to Dust.

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Myth of Reality in ‘Lone Survivor’

The film ‘Lone Survivor’ is meant to be a celebration of a heroic SEAL team in Afghanistan, but in making up parts of the story and avoiding hard truths the director Peter Berg has failed those men—and the viewer.

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Honest Answers

Our Lost Decade

A Marine officer who served two tours in Iraq looks back at 10 years of war, death, and destruction, and asks: What have we learned? By Benjamin Busch.

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The True State of Our Independence

On July 4th, Benjamin Busch wonders whether Americans will consider what this country was founded on and what we’re fighting for?

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We Sent Him

An American soldier’s shooting rampage in Afghanistan exposed the confusion and steep cost of our war there. Former Marine Benjamin Busch on throwing the last stone.

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