{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"In \u201cDecade of War\u201d Pentagon Sees Progress in Failure","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article119872.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article119872.html'\u003EIn \u201cDecade of War\u201d Pentagon Sees Progress in Failure\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFailure is the new success as the U.S. military attempts to spin its poor performance in Iraq and Afghanistan in a new 36-page Pentagon self-assessment.  The politically correct and largely \u201csafe\u201d report is entitled, \u201cDecade of War\u201d volume one. It reveals that the U.S. military has learned few lessons from its costly failures.  It vaguely blames poor planning, intelligence failures, under-manning, lack of coordination, and strategic (i.e., Bush White House) mistakes for America\u2019s (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}