Ray McGovern:Afghan War Leaks Expose Costly, Deceitful March of Folly

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Afghan-War-Leaks-Expose-Co-by-Ray-McGovern-100726-999.html

The brutality and fecklessness of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan have been laid bare in an indisputable way just days before the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on whether to throw $33.5 billion more into the Afghan quagmire, when that money is badly needed at home.

On Sunday, the Web site Wikileaks posted 75,000 reports written mostly by U.S. forces in Afghanistan during a six-year period from January 2004 to December 2009. The authenticity of the material published under the title "Afghan War Diaries" is not in doubt.

The New York Times, which received an embargoed version of the documents from Wikileaks, devoted six pages of its Monday editions to several articles on the disclosures, which reveal how the Afghan War slid into its current morass while the Bush administration concentrated U.S. military efforts on Iraq.

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Ellsberg and other members of The Truth Telling Coalition established on Sept. 9, 2004, have been appealing to government officials who encounter "deception and cover-up" on vital issues to opt for "unauthorized truth telling." (At the end of this story, see full text of the group's letter, which I signed.)

...that you (the average forum participant) read Barbara Tuchman's book "The March of Folly."
This will give some background into that statement, and show why this war in Afghanistan will never be "won."

http://www.amazon.com/March-Folly-Troy-Vietnam/dp/0345308239/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280164924&sr=8-1

and Democratic administrations blindly fall into the trap out of fear of being labeled weak on...and soft on national defense. :P

Please! The reports end with the end of Bush's involvement. Grab this opportunity!