"Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders’ Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Effort"
Unlike government whisteblowers who have received hostile treatment from the Obama Administration — Peter Van Buren, Jesselyn Radack, John Kiriakou, Sibel Edmonds and Bradley Manning (to name a few) — a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army has written a damning indictment of America's highest military officers and the Afghan war without losing his job or rank. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis published a candid 84-page report (via Rolling Stone) that is highly critical of the 2009 Afghan surge and the distortion of truth by senior ranking officials about the conditions on the ground in Afghanistan.
What distinguishes Davis's account from those of most other whistleblowers is that it compellingly presents malfeasance without divulging any classified information (he did give a classified version of the report to members of Congress).
Davis has completed four combat deployments (Desert Storm, Afghanistan in 2005- 06, Iraq in 2008-09 and Afghanistan in 2010-11) — placing him "in arguably the most significant Army programs of the past 15 years" — and is currently serving as a Regular Army officer in the Armor Branch.
During his most recent Afghan deployment (November 2010 to October 2011), Davis covered 9,178 miles while conducting mounted and dismounted combat patrols with both conventional forces and Special Forces troops. He spoke with over 250 soldiers from the lowest ranking 19-year old private to brigade and division commanders as well as Afghan security officials, Afghan civilians and a few village elders while participating in operations in almost every significant region of Afghanistan.
The report, titled "Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders’ Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Effort," explains how messages made by top U.S. military brass in public "have little to no correlation with actual events on the ground."
From the report (emphasis ours):
The general [themes that International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)] and US military leaders stress are: the Afghan government will be at least minimally capable by 2014 and is trending in that direction; the violence is waning in AFG specifically as a result of the surge; and the people recognize the way of the Taliban is a dead-end… None of those characterizations are accurate.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/lieutenant-colonel-davis-blows-the- lid-off-the-official-story-on-afghanistan-2012-4#ixzz2ZEOIL0SJ
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