Earlier this month, unbeknownst to a lot of Americans, Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis wrote and distributed two reports on our Afghanistan war. One of these reports had classified material and he gave that information to members of Congress. The 2nd had only unclassified material and has been distributed by Rolling Stone Magazine and The New York Times. (see links below). In his unclassified report, he contends that, first, the Afghan war is going far worse than the American public is being told (I know, shocking, right?) and second, that we are wasting at least millions if not billions of dollars on weapons systems (Future Combat Systems or FCS) that are actually failing but they're being represented as successful.
Lt. Col. Davis makes other important charges in his writing, too, but the point here and question is, why is not the government demanding an inquiry into his charges since by doing so we could, hopefully, of course, avoid more loss of American soldier's lives in Afghanistan, for one? Why are we not pursuing an inquiry so we would also, again, hopefully run a more successful campaign there--if we ought to stay at all--and finally, likely reduce our costs and expenditures in Afghanistan, too? I ask here, as Lt. Col. Davis must surely be asking--
WHY IS THERE NO INQUIRY? Let's go further and ask--
WHY ISN'T THE MEDIA ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND PUSHING FOR A REVIEW AND ASKING THESE QUESTIONS? For Americans who are aware---
WHY ARE NO AMERICANS ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND PUSHING FOR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY REVIEWS? Links: http://www1.rollingstone.com/extras/RS_REPORT.pdf; http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/truthdigger_of_the_week_lt_col_daniel_l_davis_20120217/; http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-want-you-to-read-20120210#ixzz1m1zIKlqq; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097603/Army-Colonel-exposes-truth-lies-Afghanistan-claiming-military-leaders-let-down.html
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