{"id":1926,"date":"2019-12-09T14:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:19:52","slug":"the-_real_-fake-news-from-three-us-administrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2019\/12\/09\/the-_real_-fake-news-from-three-us-administrations\/","title":{"rendered":"The _real_ fake news, from three US administrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/investigations\/afghanistan-papers\/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents\/<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. officials misled the public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal – Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n

The lying had already taken hold when the duping began to sell the Iraq war. At least $1 trillion spent in Afghanistan so far. Regardless, the serious, “pragmatic” questions are about how we would fund Medical for All, free public college and other “socialist” evils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/investigations\/afghanistan-papers\/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents\/ U.S. officials misled the public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal – Washington Post The lying had already taken hold when the duping began to sell the Iraq war. 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