An Inspector General’s report, obtained by the Washington Post, reportedly shows a years-long concerted effort on the part of American military and government officials to hide the cost of the war in Afghanistan — and the war’s chances of success.
The Post reports that officials were aware that the now 20-year-long, trillion dollar effort may have been doomed to failure from the beginning, and that military strategists involved in the war were confused about the war’s objectives and how to achieve them. The trove of around 2,000 documents essentially, the Post says, accuses military leaders and senior government officials of “making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable.”
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