Supposedly, a bunch of internal docs that claim the war was viewed as unwinnable and lots of rosy false reports fabricated to keep the public happy and the $$ flowing. I suspect a lot of it is not going to surprise those here who have been paying attention and such. Painting a rosy picture to keep public support is as old as war itself, so that aspect does not really trigger me per se.
I have not gotten deep into the weeds on this one myself, and the paper that "broke" the story (https://www.washingtonpost.com/) requires a subscription, so I can't comment on whether this is more a yawn to those who know how the machine works and a shock to the public, or it's legit beyond the usual stuff:
No cohesive strategy, check
Trillions of $ used, check
Rosy reports to maintain support, check
Rumsfeld is a POS, check
People lost who didn't need to be lost, check
And don't even get me started on Iraq, check
Anyone read it? Am I missing anything?
One take:
https://www.theamericanconservative....nistan-papers/
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