Ann Arbor Times

U.S. Army Retired Senior Fellow Military Expert Daniel Davis told "The Frank Beckmann Show" that he hopes 2020 is the last anniversary of 9/11 where we have troops in Afghanistan.

The U.S. troop level in Iraq will be reduced this month from 5,200 to 3,000, which gave Davis and Beckmann a lot to talk about on air.

"They (the troops) are constantly under threat and yet people don't even know that they're there. That really underscores the reason why they need to come out," Davis said on the radio program.

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, USA, Ret. | LinkedIn

"There doesn't seem to be any purpose for keeping them there any longer. What are we going to change by our presence? Al Qaeda is no longer an issue. The insurgency in Iraq is over. Let's bring the fellows and women home now. " Beckmann said on his show.

Davis agreed with Beckmann, saying that everyone should be concerned about what they are even doing there. Troops should be brought back to the U.S. to prepare for actual combat.

"There's not even the pretense of a militarily attainable mission in any of those places, and that should trouble a lot of people, that we should never send troops into any kind of place where they're in harm's way, where they don't have a militarily accomplishable mission that has direct relations to American national security," Davis told Beckmann.

Beckmann believes that President Trump is risking a lot by pulling troops out so close to the election because it could hurt him. Davis then pointed out that 75% of Americans are in favor of bringing the troops home and that there is a very good chance this could improve Trump's reputation.

"I pray that this is the last anniversary of 9/11 where we have troops in Afghanistan. I hope the next time we can celebrate that there aren't any troops in harm's way there," Davis told Beckmann.

Davis retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel, following his 21 years of active service and four deployments in his career. In 2012, Davis was recognized after he returned from Afghanistan and went public about the war was not going well, even though U.S. military leaders and civilians told Congress and the American people that there was nothing to worry about.