Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials lied about the war in Afghanistan

by Reposted by Military Truth | Dec 23, 2019 | American Imperialism & Aggression, Defense Spending

A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable.