uld have us think that national security is no joke, but a quick look at the more than 90,000 leaked reports from the war in Afghanistan showed us that honesty and integrity is somewhat of a laughing matter.
The reports didn’t contain anything all too shocking. We’ve been primed to suspect Iran and Pakistan of colluding with the Taliban against U.S. forces, and we’ve heard more than a few tales of wrongful killings of civilians during the war. What stings is how cavalier our government has been in lying to us for the past several years under a thin guise of protecting us and the war effort.
We would love for a representative of the coalition forces to look us in the eyes and tell us why gunning down 15 unarmed civilians in a bus had to be kept secret. It certainly isn’t an effective way to make amends with the families of the deceased.
Maybe they could also explain the kill- or capture -without- trial policy they have over there. Last time we checked we had fought hard to get every last person – scumbag or not – the right to a fair trial. Apparently that was all one big PR stunt.
No matter who was president back in 2001, there is no question that we would have ended up fighting a war in Afghanistan. It was justified and easy to get public backing for it.
Flashfoward to 2010, and all of our worst suspicions about the war are coming true. Maybe we are being naive and should have seen this coming all along, but the truth is out. And it has more than a few bad things to say about how the war is being handled over there.
