An Army whistleblower who has served in the military since 1985 has come public to warn that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is failing and the American public is being misled. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis says his recent trips to Afghanistan “bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground.” In an article published in the Armed Forces Journal, Davis writes: “How many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding?” Davis goes on to say that local Afghan governments are unable to provide the basic needs of the people and that insurgents control virtually all parts of Afghanistan beyond eyeshot of a U.S. base.