'..fundamental change would require taking on the fear factor, the doctrine of armed exceptionalism, and the way the military-industrial complex is embedded in Washington.'
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'..Pentagon spending .. substantial and enduring budget reductions..''Several of those interviewed described explicit and sustained efforts by the U.S. government to deliberately mislead the public.''With most speaking on the assumption that their remarks would not become public, U.S. officials acknowledged that their warfighting strategies were fatally flawed and that Washington wasted enormous sums of money trying to remake Afghanistan into a modern nation.
The interviews also highlight the U.S. government’s botched attempts to curtail runaway corruption, build a competent Afghan army and police force, and put a dent in Afghanistan’s thriving opium trade.
The U.S. government has not carried out a comprehensive accounting of how much it has spent on the war in Afghanistan, but the costs are staggering.
Several of those interviewed described explicit and sustained efforts by the U.S. government to deliberately mislead the public. They said it was common at military headquarters in Kabul — and at the White House — to distort statistics to make it appear the United States was winning the war when that was not the case.'
- Craig Whitlock,
At War With The Truth, U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They were not, and they knew it, an exclusive Post investigation found, December 9, 2019
Context End the warNuremberg chief prosecutor .. his motto is “law not war”..'Forever War in the Last 20 Years Cost $6.4 Trillion'TO HELL WITH WAR!' - Major General Smedley Butler'..skeptical of waging comprehensive counterinsurgency warfare in distant foreign lands.''..Positive Peace as a holistic, systemic framework.'Peace) NATO - Non-lethal weapons '..allow suspects to be stopped without killing them..'