Ep 49 Leaving Syria feat. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, USA, Ret.
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English - April 11, 2018 22:06 - 40 minutes - 32.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsNews coldwar american deepstate empire foreignpolicy nationalsecuritystate peace unitedstates war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Joanne talks with Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, USA, Ret.about his recent article, “President Trump is right: Withdrawing from Syria strengthens US security,” and about the current precarious situation where Trump has changed his mind and is signalling an imminent attack on Syria and Russia, using an alleged chemical weapons attack in Ghouta as justification.
Col. Davis served for 21 years, including four combat deployments. He retired from the Army in 2015 and is now a Foreign Policy/Defense Analyst and a senior fellow for Defense Priorities. His areas of expertise are American foreign policy, Middle East policy, Asia policy, grand strategy, international relations, international security, and counterinsurgency.
In 2012, he wrote a classified whistleblower report for Congress about the war in Afghanistan and released an unclassified version to the public. Col Davis regularly appears on news shows and is published in national and international publications.
Follow Col. Davis on Twitter at @DanielLDavis1
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Recorded on April 11, 2018. Music by Fluorescent Grey.
Reference Links:
President Trump is right: Withdrawing from Syria strengthens US security, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, USA, Ret., CNBC Truth, lies and Afghanistan, Armed Forces Journal (2012), Daniel L, Davis Fools Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, Scott Horton