Mr. Shaman
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Pentagon Papers I
"The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United StatesVietnam Relations, 19451967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, was a top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Commissioned by United States Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara in 1967, the study was completed in 1968. The papers were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of the New York Times in 1971.[1] A 1996 article in the New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers "demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration had systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress, about a subject of transcendent national interest and significance".
The study was classified as top secret and was not intended for publication. Contributor Daniel Ellsberg, however, turned over most of the Pentagon Papers to New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan, with Ellsberg's friend Anthony Russo assisting in their copying. The Times began publishing excerpts in a series of articles on June 13, 1971.[3] Street protests, political controversy and lawsuits followed."
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"Tens of thousands of classified documents related to the Afghan war released without authorization by the group Wikileaks.org reveal in often excruciating detail the struggles U.S. troops have faced in battling an increasingly potent Taliban force and in working with Pakistani allies who also appear to be helping the Afghan insurgency.
The more than 91,000 classified documents -- most of which consist of low-level field reports -- represent one of the largest single disclosures of such information in U.S. history. Wikileaks gave the material to the New York Times, the British newspaper the Guardian and the German magazine Der Spiegel several weeks ago on the condition that they not be published before Sunday night, when the group released them publicly.
Covering the period from January 2004 through December 2009, when the Obama administration began to deploy more than 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan and announced a new strategy, the documents provide new insights into a period in which the Taliban was gaining strength, Afghan civilians were growing increasingly disillusioned with their government, and U.S. troops in the field often expressed frustration at having to fight a war without sufficient resources."
'Ya suppose we can talk about it, NOW, "conservatives"???!!!!!
Back when The Chickenhawks were gettin' everyone PUMPED-FOR-WAR ('cause they and YOU folks were itchin' to kick-some-ASS for 9/11), the anti-War folks were askin' "WHY???"
BUSHCO (with your support) insisted "THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO DISCUSS WHY! WE CAN TALK-ABOUT-THAT, LATER!! IT'S A MATTER O' NATIONAL-SECURITY WE GO, NOW!!!!"
......And, we went to Iraq.
Back when The Chickenhawks were gettin' everyone PUMPED-FOR-WAR ('cause they and YOU folks were itchin' to kick-some-ASS for 9/11), the anti-War folks were askin' "WHY???"
BUSHCO (with your support) insisted "THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO DISCUSS WHY! WE CAN TALK-ABOUT-THAT, LATER!! IT'S A MATTER O' NATIONAL-SECURITY WE GO, NOW!!!!"
......And, we went to Iraq.
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