Another colossal failure across US administrations. Will we ever learn that when Generals say just give me another $30 billion and 50,000 troops we need to take a very hard look at strategy, goals and REAL metrics? www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/201...

Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan

For nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. They were not, documents show, and they knew it.