Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Afghanistan- two truths
This guy, Lucas Kunce, wrote an intriguing piece for the Kansas City paper based on his two tours of duty in Afghanistan as a Captain in the Marines. The core of the piece is these two points:
"One: For 20 years, politicians, elites and D.C. military leaders lied to us about Afghanistan.
Two: What happened last week was inevitable, and anyone saying differently is still lying to you."
The piece details what the lies were: about the readiness of Afghan forces, and our success there. It's the same thing that we were lied about regarding Vietnam, actually. Any organization that controls information about its own success struggles to remain truthful. That is a problem that needs to be addressed systemically.
