{"id":36475,"date":"2021-09-05T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2021\/sep\/05\/the-afghanistan-papers-review-craig-whitlock-washington-post"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T06:00:19","slug":"the-afghanistan-papers-review-superb-expose-of-a-war-built-on-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=36475","title":{"rendered":"The Afghanistan Papers review: superb expos\u00e9 of a war built on lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post used freedom of information to produce the definitive US version of the war<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2009, the latest in a long line of US military commanders in Afghanistan commissioned the latest in a long line of strategic reviews, in the perennial hope it would make enough of a difference to allow the Americans to go home.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/span>\u2018The intensity has not changed\u2019: Jason Kander on the fall of Afghanistan \u2013 and trying to get friends out<\/a> <\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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