The Most Significant Afghanistan Papers Revelation Is How Difficult They Were To Make Public

The Washington Post has published clear, undeniable evidence that US government officials have been lying to the public about the war in Afghanistan, a shocking revelation for anyone who has done no research whatsoever into the history of US interventionism.

[caitlinjohnstone.com]

{After all, by WaPo’s own admission it both sought and published the Afghanistan Papers in order to take a swing at Donald Trump. According to the Post it went down this path in 2016 initially seeking documents on Michael Flynn, who was then part of the Trump campaign, after receiving a tip that he’d made some juicy statements about the war in Afghanistan to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). WaPo then made the decision to publish the papers now rather than waiting for its legal battle for more information to complete because Trump is currently in the midst of negotiating with the Taliban over a potential troop withdrawal.}

SO, before you go thinking the Washington Post is some kind of heroic news outlet changing their colors, just take to mind they had an agenda going into this, and still on an agenda today. With the second riches man owning the outlet, a few sacrificed people doesn't mean much to someone in bed with the intelligence agencies. He pretty much owns them, as well, as they use each other to keep the delusional reality in tact. And with the short memory span of the American public, getting back on track will be rather simple. This is merely a means to keep those living in the illusion trapped in the facade they aren't a fake news outlet. It's a win win for the wapo.

{I mean, it’s not like the Afghanistan Papers revealed anything we didn’t already know. It’s been public knowledge for many years that there was a preexisting agenda to invade Afghanistan well before September 11, it’s been public knowledge that many lies were put in place after the invasion, and it’s been public knowledge for a long time that we’re being lied to about how well the war is going. All these new revelations did was reify and draw attention to what anyone with an ear to the ground already knew: like all other US-led military interventions, we were lied to about Afghanistan. It’s not like the US government was staving off some massive unknown bombshell revelation with its resistance to WaPo’s FOIA requests. Yet it resisted them anyway, just because it was more convenient.}

With that said, I rest my case. As silverotter also stated in the first post on this issue. When these outlets start real coverage of the last 18 years we gone without it, and on the 7 wars we are presently in now that few know of, not counting the wars within sanctions on other countries, might we be actually having changing colors.