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The Pentagon Papers 50 Years Later…

Monday, June 14, 2021 at 6:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The New York Times has spent the past week marking the 50th anniversary of its publication of the Pentagon Papers. Those documents exposed the lies the US government repeatedly told the American people about the Vietnam War. Here is an excerpt from a commemorative report on June 9: __________ Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst on the… Read more.

‘The Afghanistan Papers’: US Officials Have Always Known This War Is Unwinnable

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 7:58 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have been pleading for nearly 15 years for the United States to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan. Because it has been patently clear for at least that long that the United States is fighting an unwinnable war eerily reminiscent of Vietnam. Titles to just a few of my commentaries chronicle and bemoan this fateful… Read more.