Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger, podcaster, and Native American civil rights advocate. He's also a traveling journalist, avid dancer, and someone who has spent the years since Afghanistan trying to make sense of what American military intervention actually accomplishes — and what it doesn't.
We sat down for a conversation before the invasion into Iran that covered a potential Iran conflict, the lessons of Afghanistan, and whether young men today should consider joining the military. What follows is an edited account of that conversation.
