2019 DEC 09 Afghan War & the Bush & Obama Governments Mass Deception

Remarks: For nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. Government interview records obtained by The Washington Post after a three-year legal battle show otherwise.^[1]URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ FULL STORY HERE: https://www.4cmitv.com/2019/12/10/2019-dec-09-afghan-war-the-bush-obama-governments-mass-deception/

In what’s already being hailed as a defining and explosive “Pentagon papers” moment, a cache of previously classified documents obtained by The Washington Post^[2]URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ shows top Pentagon leaders continuously lied to the public about the “progress” of the now eighteen-year long Afghan war.

The some; 2,000 pages of notes from interviews of senior officials who have shaped US strategy in Afghanistan confirm that

The internal interviews and statements were unearthed via Freedom of Information Act request and span the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations. The trove further confirms that US leaders knew vast amounts of money was being wasted in a futile attempt^[4]https://thehill.com/policy/defense/473635-documents-show-us-leaders-misled-public-on-progress-in-afghanistan-war-report to “Westernize the nation”.

Watchdog groups commonly estimate^[5]URL: https://www.thebalance.com/cost-of-afghanistan-war-timeline-economic-impact-4122493 total US spending on the war has hit $1 trillion by the end; of 2019. More importantly, America’s ‘endless war’ has cost^[6]URL: https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/top-us-officials-knew-the-afghanistan-war-was-unwinnable-and-lied-costing-1-trillion-and-2351-american-lives/articleshow/72444629.cms at least 2,351 American lives and over 20,000 wounded.

The internal Pentagon project conducted by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) had sought to get as; honest assessment as possible as to the status of America’s longest-running quagmire spanning multiple administrations. It was to be a classified “Lessons Learned” assessment of sorts to prevent future missteps.

“Every data point was altered to present the best picture possible,” Bob Crowley, an Army colonel and senior counterinsurgency adviser to U.S. military commanders testified.

Over 400 people close to the decision-making process were interviewed as part of the internal DoD investigation; however among those 366 names were redacted, given that as more damning testimony was given, the Inspector General deemed they should be treated as ‘whistleblowers’ and informants.

But for all the hand-wringing and outrage Monday’s WaPo bombshell will unleash this week, it must be remembered that the establishment in both parties have consistently pushed to stay at war, not to mention going to war in the first place.

As independent journalist David Mizner observes^[7]TWEET URL: https://twitter.com/DavidMizner/status/1204046741294788608 of the new ‘Afghan Papers’ it remains that “US politicians lie to stay at war, every time. The real crime was going to war in the first place — and almost no US politicians, pundits, and or journos with large platforms opposed the war.”

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Washington Post For nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. Government interview records obtained by The Washington Post after a three-year legal battle show otherwise.

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Date: 2019 Dec 10, Time-stamp: 04:25 | Author: Tyler Durden | URL: zerohedge.com | Article Title: "Undeniable Evidence": Explosive Classified Docs Reveal Afghan War Mass Deception

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