AMERICAN PUBLIC DECEIVED, AFGHAN WAR IS TOTAL FAILURE. LT. COL. DANIEL DAVIS DRAWS THIS CONCLUSION AFTER ABOUT 250 INTERVIEWS WITH ACTIVE-DUTY U.S. SOLDIERS AS WELL AS AFGHANS ACROSS ALL WAR ZONES IN AFGHANISTAN

APRIL 11, 2012                                                                                                          Permalink

Active-Duty Army Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis: U.S. Deceiving Public on Afghan War

In an extended interview, we speak with Lt. Col. Danny Davis, the most prominent active-duty service member to question the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In his damning report following his return from his second year-long deployment in Afghanistan, Davis draws on about 250 interviews with U.S. soldiers as well as Afghans across the country to conclude: "Senior ranking U.S. military leaders have so distorted the truth when communicating with the U.S. Congress and American people in regards to conditions on the ground in Afghanistan that the truth has become unrecognizable." Davis asks how many more must die in support of a mission that’s not succeeding. "When you’re given a mission that cannot — cannot — succeed militarily, then what is the purpose of the mission?" [ORIGINAL includes rush transcript]