Iraq, Afghanistan & The System That Continually Perpetuates Them: An Interview With Daniel L Davis

In todays video, I conducted an interview with Daniel L Davis, about the Iraq & Afghanistan wars and his time there. Along with his on the ground experience, he also compliments this with excellent knowledge of the topic area. We focused on the system that feeds these wars, and continues to perpetuate them. The Generals telling congress & the media the war is going well, careerism, the media themselves, fear of speaking out, squad rotations, not wanting to be the one who admits failure and the financial incentives to keep the wars going.

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Bio - Daniel L. Davis is a senior fellow and military expert at Defense Priorities. Davis retired from the U.S. Army as a Lt. Col. after 21 years of active service. He was deployed into combat zones four times in his career, beginning with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and then to Iraq in 2009 and Afghanistan twice (2005, 2011). He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor at the Battle of 73 Easting in 1991, and awarded a Bronze Star Medal in Afghanistan in 2011. He is the author of The Eleventh Hour in 2020 America.

Davis gained some national notoriety in 2012 when he returned from Afghanistan and published a report detailing how senior U.S. military and civilian leaders told the American public and Congress the war was going well while, in reality, it was headed to defeat. Events since confirmed his analysis was correct.

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Books

Eleventh Hour in 2020 America: How America's foreign policy got jacked up - and how the next Administration can fix it by Daniel L Davis

Show Notes

Afghanistan: An Interview With Matthew Hoh

After Retreat, Iraqi Soldiers Fault Officers The New York Times By C. J. Chivers July 1, 2014

Fall of Mosul

"I think at most, we’re looking at maybe 50 to 100, maybe less. There’s no question that the main location of al Qaeda is in tribal areas of Pakistan.” CIA Director Leon Panetta: Serious Problems With Afghanistan War but Progress Being Made, ABC News JACK DATE June 27, 2010

https://www.truthovercomfort.co.uk/post/afghanistan

Plan To Add 40,000 Troops In Afghanistan Gains Traction November 11, 2009 NPR

General Petraeus on Afghanistan 31 Aug. 2010 "Progress in Afghanistan has been slow but for the first time, we are getting the inputs right to achieve success", said ISAF Commander General David Petraeus during his first interview for NATOchannel.tv.

Barack Obama: Afghanistan war is on track This article is more than 12 years old Review of troop surge strategy concludes US has made progress, but is a long way from winning the conflict Chris McGreal in Washington Thu 16 Dec 2010 The Guardian

Petraeus applauds troops' work in Afghanistan By the CNN Wire Staff January 26, 2011

Afghan war effort ‘on track,’ general tells Congress BY KEN DILANIAN MARCH 20, 2012 LA Times

Warlord, Inc. : extortion and corruption along the U.S. supply chain in Afghanistan Author: John F Tierney; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. Publisher:[Washington, DC] : [U.S. House of Representatives], 2010

The War In Afghanistan Cost America $300 Million Per Day For 20 Years, With Big Bills Yet To Come Christopher Helman Forbes Staff Hank Tucker Forbes Staff 0 Aug 16, 2021

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War By Craig Whitlock (truthovercomfort.co.uk)

The Afghan Papers

Lloyd J. Austin III > U.S. Department of Defense > Biography

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Addresses Media in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 7, 2023 March 7, 2023

Pentagon chief, on surprise trip, says US troops to stay in Iraq In Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pledges continued US troop presence in fight against ISIL Al-Jazeera

Slow Progress Being Made in Iraq, Petraeus Tells Congress Doug Mills/The New York Times By David Stout Sept. 10, 2007

"Warhorse" Soldiers participate in Military Salute to Service; attend Denver Bronco game By (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Andrew Porch, 2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.) Army Mill November 20, 2012

General Dan Bolger says what the US does not want to hear: Why We Lost

Spencer Ackerman in New York On Tuesday, the retired general who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan will publish a candid book likely to be unloved in military and political circles Spencer Ackerman Mon 10 Nov 2014 The Guardian

"The Budget requests $842 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $26 billion or 3.2-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level. This growth enables DOD to make the investments necessary to execute the Administration’s 2022 National Security and National Defense Strategies." Budget of the U.S. Government FISCAL YEAR 2024 Page 68

Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling Military Analyst CNN

MSNBC military analysts and experts Read the biographies of MSNBC’s military analysts and experts, who are helping us bring you complete and in-depth coverage of the showdown with Saddam. Link copied Dec. 17, 2003 MSNBC

Milley Says War With China, Russia Not Inevitable March 29, 2023 DoD By David Vergun

Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head' “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025," said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News Jan. 27, 2023 By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains

Arms Sales By World’s Biggest Defense Companies Rise To Almost $600 Billion Dominic Dudley Contributor I write about business and politics in the Middle East and beyond Follow Dec 5, 2022 Forbes