The Taliban Has Launched A Massive Coordinated Attack In Afghanistan

[EFerrari]

4. This story didn't get much play here at DU

but an active duty Army guy did a study and he concludes we are being lied to about the war in Afghanistan and that we're losing it.

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 servicemember 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?" [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/11/active_duty_army_whistleblower_lt_col

Truth, lies and Afghanistan
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2012/02/8904030