Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan - Matthew Hoh

However, recent media reports of internal Department of Defense and Intelligence Community assessments of the war contradict, again, claims of progress and illustrate instead that the war is stalemated with US policies over the last several years weakening the Karzai government and alienating the Afghan population, while strengthening the Afghan insurgency and ruining the US relationship with nuclear armed Pakistan. - Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan