Democracy Now: Army Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis Says Pentagon Deceiving Public on Afghan War

Army Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis Says Pentagon Deceiving Public on Afghan War
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"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." That’s the assessment of a damning new report by Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, who returned in October from his second year-long deployment in Afghanistan and says military officials have misled the American public about how poorly the decade-long war is going. He argues that local Afghan governments are unable to provide the basic needs of the people and that insurgents control virtually all parts of Afghanistan beyond eyeshot of a U.S. base. We speak with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, who obtained a copy of the full report and published it last week. "Lieutenant Colonel Davis is on the right side of history, and the fact [is] that he believes in this and is willing to risk [his career]," Hastings says

Guest:

Michael Hastings, contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. His latest article is "The Afghanistan Report the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Read." His new book is called The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan.

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