Posted on 07/25/2010 2:51:21 PM PDT by kristinn
Read reports on the files at:
Intro by Der Spiegel:
Close to 92,000 US documents have been uncovered that shed new light on the war in Afghanistan. In an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been leaked. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents. They expose the true scale of the Western military deployment -- and the problems beleaguering Germany's Bundeswehr in the Hindu Kush.
A total of 91,731 reports from United States military databanks relating to the war in Afghanistan are to be made publicly available on the Internet. Never before has it been possible to compare the reality on the battlefield in such a detailed manner with what the US Army propaganda machinery is propagating. WikiLeaks plans to post the documents, most of which are classified, on its website.
Britain's Guardian newspaper, the New York Times and SPIEGEL have all vetted the material and compared the data with independent reports. All three media have concluded that the documents are authentic and provide an unvarnished image of the war in Afghanistan -- from the perspective of the soldiers who are fighting it.
The reports, from troops engaged in the ongoing combat, were tersely summarized and quickly dispatched. For the most part, they originate from sergeants -- but some have been penned by the occasional lieutenant at a command post or ranking analysts with the military intelligence service.
In a statement to Der Spiegel, Obama National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes blamed President George W. Bush:
... It is important to note that the time period reflected in the documents is January 2004 to December 2009. The war in Afghanistan was under-resourced for many years. ... On Dec. 1, 2009, President Obama announced a new strategy and new resources for Afghanistan and Pakistan precisely because of the grave situation.
How many troops have been killed in July 2010?
Since O took office and changed the ROE’s the announcements have been coming in hard every day
http://www.defense.gov/releases/
No.
Terminate them with extreme prejudice.
Nazi Gestapo: 1 officer per 2000 citizens.
Soviet KGB: 1 agent per 583 citizens.
GDR Stasi: 1 agent per 166 citizens.
US National Security: 1 top secret clearance per 362 citizens.
We have learned nothing from history.
Yes it will, within a week the State Media will move on to something else and the dim witted American public will fall, back to their slumber
How many troops have been killed in July 2010?
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I counted 69 names at that link, for 30 days. Crickets from the so-called msm.
Wow, very nice find.
Also notice all the later breifing included a lot of Dems
The MSM would hyper ventilate when there was 1 death under Bush..it makes me sick.
The druggie Lyndsay Lohen got more press coverage than these KIA
Don't worry...the current regime will have no problem "exercising" the "tools" for a "crackdown"...the problem is, will any crackdown be targeting the actual trouble--or just use it as justification.
“The stupidity of our senior leaders is always classified TOP SECRET “
So are most of their successes.
Why aren’t they leaking documents that originated after Obomba’s “new strategy” went into effect?
So you’re saying our military is full of incompetents?
Nope.
Damn straight!
I agree, and would add that the members of the MSM are mistaken if they think they are going to be on the sidelines reporting it. They are partisan and agents of enemy propaganda.
” It is one thing to publish an article revealing present strategy or upcoming military operations or tactical assessments.
It is quite another to publish information showing conclusively that we are on the wrong track, and that their might not be a right track. We have the right to hold our government accountable to fight just wars in a manner that leads to a desired outcome. It is our blood and treasure.”
Well said.
Rahm sees another opportunity to do something that he couldn’t otherwise do. Just watch- Zero will use this as an excuse to sieze control of the internet. I wouldn’t be surprised if the administration was behind the leak.
“Because the information in them can cause grave damage to the United States. You and I don’t need to read them.”
First off, if you don’t read them, how do you know the info in them “can cause grave damage to the United States.” As to whether we need to read them, well, it depends on your perspective.
I think a free people need good information to have a good government, and I think there is a some good information in these papers, from what I have read.
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