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They could pull evidence the war had become unwinnable. In other words exactly what many whistleblowers activists analysts and all of us independent journalists have been saying and writing about the war since the long of writing about the longest war in u. S. History since a little after it actually began back in 2001 but that doesnt mean that this latest release of documents by the post isnt important because it is incredibly damaging to the credibility of the u. S. Government and the pentagon the post reports that the documents were in fact generated as part of a federal project examining the failures of the longest Armed Conflict in u. S. History and that they include more than 2000 pages of previously unpublished notes from interviews of the were 400 Afghanistan War insiders everyone from generals to diplomats to aide workers even afghan officials and what do all these ....
History and that they include more than 2000 pages of previously unpublished notes from interviews of the were 400. 00 Afghanistan War insiders everyone from generals to diplomats to aide workers even afghan officials and what do all these interviews and transcripts ultimately reveal well as john sop told the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction told the post the American People have constantly been lied to lies my friends that have cost us more than a trillion dollars caused more than 2000 u. S. Soldiers to be killed and snuffed out of existence over 100000 afghanistan souls. And that is at the very core of why its time to start watching the hawks. What. It looks like. Its with. The politics if you. Like you know what i got. Wit ....
About turns out a good political consultant consultant rory reilly topping roy thank you for joining me. Thank you as an advocate for u. S. Military veterans what has been the impact of the Washington Post release of these documents for you and a lot of a veterans you care for from that war. Sure so a lot of veterans do not support the war in afghanistan i think one of the most recent polls done showed that over 60 percent of veterans feel that we should no longer be in the country and that perhaps we shouldnt have been there at all so veterans not supporting this war thats been a sentiment thats been out there for a while so i think a lot of veterans feel vindicated in some ways particularly those that deployed to afghanistan and got to witness some of these failures firsthand on the ground theyve been articulating a lot of things that were in the Washington Post report fo ....
Exactly what many whistleblowers activists analysts and all of us independent journalists have been saying and writing about the war since the longer writing about the longest war in u. S. History since a little after it actually began back in 2001 but that doesnt mean that this latest release of documents by the post is important because it is incredibly damning to the credibility of the u. S. Government and the pentagon the post reports that the documents were in fact generated as part of a federal project examining the failures of the longest Armed Conflict in u. S. History and that they include more than 2000 pages of previously unpublished notes from interviews of there were 400 Afghanistan War insiders everyone from generals to diplomats to aide workers even afghan officials and what do all these interviews and transcripts ultimately reveal well as john sop told the sp ....
Afghanistan and got to witness some of these failures firsthand on the ground theyve been articulating a lot of things that were in the Washington Post report for years literally years and i think again vindication is the best word to describe how some of them are feeling because after what they have witnessed and the fact that over a majority of our veterans dont support this conflict maybe people are finally going to start listening to the folks on the ground who had direct experience there its sad because thats usually the 1st people they stop listening to especially in was washington policy makers and people like that you know bob crowley an army colonel who served as a senior counterinsurgency advisor to u. S. Military commanders in 2013 and 14 he told interviewers as part of this report every data point was altered to present the best picture possible surveys for instance were totally unreliable but reinforce that everythin ....