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This Is Why We Need A Free Press
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This Is Why We Need A Free Press
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/us-stil...ding-data/

Quote:US still losing war in Afghanistan, hiding more data


Quote:The U.S. and allied local security forces have failed to secure most of Afghanistan, according to a recent investigation that came shortly after the Pentagon refused to release unclassified data on the conflict for the first time ever.

Despite waging nearly 17 consecutive years of war and spending up to $1 trillion, the U.S.-led attempt to defeat the Taliban has left the insurgents openly active in up to 70 percent of Afghanistan, according to a BBC study published Tuesday. The report also found that a rival ultraconservative Sunni Muslim organization, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), controlled more territory than ever, further complicating the beleaguered effort to stabilize the country.

There is a link to the actual study by the Inspector General. 

This is just like Vietnam.  No one wants to pull the plug on a dying patient.
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RE: This Is Why We Need A Free Press
The military loves a pliant press.

All the more reason for them to be buldogs.
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RE: This Is Why We Need A Free Press
We would leave tomorrow if the Taliban will sell us all of the opium we want at a cheap price.
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Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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