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Vietnam being repeated in Afghanistan

2020-01-18 00:49:03.332311+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

This is my shocked face: Afghan war plagued by ‘mendacity’ and lies, inspector general tells Congress:

“There’s an odor of mendacity throughout the Afghanistan issue . . . mendacity and hubris,” John F. Sopko said in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “The problem is there is a disincentive, really, to tell the truth. We have created an incentive to almost require people to lie.”

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